… Average daily infections reduce from seven to four in the past three weeks
BY PHUMELELE MKHONTA
MBABANE– The hive of activity that comes with the month of December has not had negative impact on COVID-19 statistics.
In the past two years, the country saw a drastic increase in daily COVID-19 cases during the festive season but the year 2022 is proving to be different.
As the country entered the festive season, COVID-19 daily infections went down drastically. In the past three weeks, daily infections were cut down by over half.
In the week of November 27 to December 3, there were 71 new infections; meaning there were 10 infections per day.
In the week of December 4 to December 10, there were 54 total COVID-19 infections; meaning there where about seven people who tested positive for COVID-19 daily.
In the past week, there 30 total infections of COVID-19, meaning there were about four infections per day.
In the beginning of November, there was an average of 80 to 90 infections per week.
In the past four months, the country has not recorded any COVID-19-related death. A study of the country’s COVID-19 statements by this reporter has revealed that the last recorded COVID-19 death was on August 25, 2022- which was about four months ago.
Since the emergence of COVID-19 in March 2020, the country has experienced escalating and deescalating COVID-19 deaths, however, it has not seen zero deaths in the past two years.
Efforts to reach the Minister of Health Lizzie Nkosi proved to be futile by the time this reports was being compiled at 4pm.
However, the minister announced that they were de-escalating COVID-19 response.
As part of the de-escalation towards COVID-19 response, the Ministry of Health has launched a weekly COVID-19 Statement.
Worth noting is that since the emergence of the first case of COVID-19 in the country, the said ministry has been publishing daily COVID-19 statements
The Ministry of Health published their first weekly COVID-19 statement yesterday. The last daily COVID-19 statement was published on September 3, 2022.
The de-escalation of COVID-19 regulations in the country also included the removal of producing negative COVID-19 PCR results and COVID-19 vaccination certificate at the border.
