COVID has been on a break for a while, but it looks like the latest season is out. We’re seeing a sudden increase in testing at our centres. Whilst, BQ.1 (the kraken) has shot up in the number of cases, many of the people in the following cases likely had a previous sub-variant.
You can learn more about that on the NICD helpful report, which tracks which variants are infecting people in South Africa, here.
What Did The Positive Cases Look Like?
✔ On average, positive cases were between 30 and 50 years old.
✔ 61% were women and 39% were men.
✔ 83% had not received their COVID-19 vaccine.
✔ 77.3% said they were feeling COVID symptoms.
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