Nationally 17,154 cases were reported in the past 24 hours, around 1,000 more than the tally on the previous Saturday, South Africa s National Institute for Communicable Diseases said.
In the two weeks since omicron first was reported in Southern Africa, other doctors have shared similar stories. All caution that it will take many more weeks to collect enough data to be sure, their observations and the early evidence offer some clues.