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National Stats Analysis: Gender & Age Provincial Cases (total) Provincial Deaths (total) Provincial Stats (per million people) Western Cape
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Corona Stats

When to get tested?

Exposed?

Showing symptoms?

When did you get exposed?

When to get tested?

Source: coronavirusexplained.ukri.org

When did you start showing symptoms?

When to get tested?

Source: coronavirusexplained.ukri.org

3 types of COVID tests

1) ANTIGEN TEST

Results: Within 60 minutes (rapid point-of-care test).

Details: Recommended to identify if you are currently infected with SARS-COV2.

Test Type: Nasal swab.

Recommendations: If test is negative but you have symptoms, it is recommended that you have a confirmatory PCR test.

2) PCR TEST

Results: Within 24 hours (lab based).

Details: Considered the gold standard of testing if you are currently infected with SARS-COV2, with highest accuracy.

Test Type: Nasal swab OR Throat swab.

Recommendations: For travellers and patients requiring hospital admission.

3) RAPID ANTIBODY TEST

Results: Within 60 minutes (rapid point-of-care test)

Details: Recommended to identify if you have been infected with SARS-COV2 in the past. This test is not used to diagnose current infection.

Test Type: Drop of blood from a finger prick.

Source: Next Biosciences

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About this Dashboard

This dashboard shows coronavirus disease (COVID-19) data for South Africa, broken down by province, and compared against official stats from other countries.

We draw data from official data sources, and the data is updated daily.

Primary sources include: gov.za, westerncape.gov.za, sacoronavirus.co.za (COVID data), google.com (exchange rates), resbank.co.za (repo rates), statssa.gov.za (population sizes), and nicd.ac.za (gender and age distributions).

Data sourced for the Western Cape dashboard is based on WC provincial data published separate to national statistics. Timing/reporting differences between WC and national government may result in slight differences in totals.

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Our team has developed this public resource since COVID-19 hit in March 2020. Data screening is supported by Enterprise licensing, but the visualizations are a gift to the public.

We strive to keep this site advert-free. If you are in a position to assist us financially, your donation will go to good use developing new features!

What can you do to help? Well, a coffee costs R30. A beer and a meal costs R120. An hour of visualization development costs R750. A new chart costs approximately R2,000.