South Africa’s daily number of Covid infections hit almost 2,500 on Thursday, up from 106 at the beginning of November

25,000

Confirmed new daily cases

New daily cases

20,000

Seven-day

rolling average

15,000

10,00

5,000

0

1 Mar

2020

1 Jul

1 Nov

1 Mar

2021

1 Jul

1 Nov

25,000

Confirmed new daily cases

New daily cases

20,000

Seven-day

rolling average

15,000

10,000

5,000

0

1 Mar 2020

1 Jul

1 Nov

1 Mar 2021

1 Jul

1 Nov

Guardian graphic. Source: Johns Hopkins University. Note: the Department of Health added rapid antigen tests to its Covid-19 statistics on 23 November