Covid-19 Statistics Weekly Update

With signs of increasing Covid-19 infection rates, we resume our weekly updates. We summarise key statistics in the spread of Covid-19 in South Africa.
South Africa recorded 3 953 967 cumulative Covid-19 infections as at 29 May 2022 (+24 095 in the past week).
New infections averaged 3 442 per day (7-day moving average, -36.7% w-w) in the last week, with a high of 5 284 on 25 May.
The infection rate was 15.7% of cumulative tests on 29 May (15.7% on 22 May).