Individuals watch for COVID-19 vaccination at Soweto’s Baragwanath hospital Monday Dec. 13, 2021. South Africa’s 7-day rolling common of every day new COVID-19 instances has risen over the previous two weeks from 7.60 new instances per 100,000 individuals on Nov. 28 to 32.71 new instances per 100,000 individuals on Dec. 12, based on Johns Hopkins College. Normally, the brand new omicron instances have resulted in milder instances, with fewer hospitalizations and fewer extreme instances requiring oxygen or intensive care.