NATIONAL NEWS - South Africa has identified 2,650 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, has announced.
This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3.798 413. This increase represents a 21% positivity rate, with the seven day average at 20.7%.
Covid-19 in South Africa
By province
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (51%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (23%). Western Cape accounted for 13%; Free State accounted for 5%; Mpumalanga accounted for 3%, Eastern Cape and North West each accounted for 2% respectively; Limpopo accounted for, and Northern Cape accounted for 1% respectively of today’s new cases.
The country has also reported seven deaths, and of these, five occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. The total fatalities remain at 100,370 to date.
24,505,584 tests have been conducted in both the public and private sectors.
There has been an increase of 32 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.
