Health
Two new Omicron sublineages were discovered in South Africa.
Tulio De Oliveira is the head of South Africa’s gene-sequencing institutes. He says scientists have found two new sublines of the omicron coronavirus.
He said that the lineages were named BA.4 & BA.5 via text message and tweets.
Bloomberg reported that de Oliveira stated that the lineages have not caused an increase in infection in South Africa and were found in samples from many countries.
South Africa has administered 34,146 981 vaccine doses, with 5,845 being administered Monday.
New Omicron BA.4 & BA.5 detected in South Africa, Botswana, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, and U.K. Early indications that these new sublineages are increasing as a share of genomically confirmed cases in SA. No cause for alarm as no major spike in cases, admissions or deaths in SA pic.twitter.com/PrcBWpVWtl
— Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna) April 11, 2024
This includes the 8,333,395 Johnson & Johnson vaccines as well as 25,813,586 Pfizer vaccinations that have been administered in South Africa to date.
One thousand nine hundred sixty-seven people were fully vaccinated within the last 24 hours. This includes 867 Johnson & Johnson vaccines and 801 Pfizer vaccines.
#COVID19 UPDATE: 11,154 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs, with 553 new cases, which represents a 5.0% positivity rate. Today @HealthZA reports 2 deaths; of which 1 occurred in the past 24–48 hrs. Total fatalities are 100,098 to date: https://t.co/Hu9rSSr4N1 pic.twitter.com/5nKzIA5LLa
— NICD (@nicd_sa) April 11, 2024
The NICD reported that 11154 tests had been performed in the past 24 hours. Five hundred fifty-three new cases were also recorded, a 5.0% positive rate.
The Department of Health reported two deaths. One occurred within the last 24-48 hours. It stated that the total number of fatalities is 100,098.
Gauteng Province is home to the majority (50%), followed closely by Western Cape (18%). KwaZulu-Natal was responsible for 17%, Mpumalanga for 5%, and Eastern Cape and Limpopo for 3%.