(ANSA) - ROME, 01 DEC - The cases of Covid-19 recorded today in South Africa have almost doubled compared to yesterday, with 8,561 infections in 24 hours, with a positivity rate of 16.5%, compared to 4,373.
This was reported by the National Insitute for Communicable Diseases, quoted by Bloomberg.
Compared to a week ago, before the detection of the Omicron variant, the increase in cases is over 400%.
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