NATIONAL NEWS - As of Saturday, 11 June 2022 the cumulative number of detected Covid-19 cases in South Africa is 3,977,628 with 975 new cases identified in the past 24 hours.
This represents a 7.5% positivity rate, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) confirmed.
The total tests to date stand at 25,480,679, with 13,008 tests done in the past 24 hours.
Provincial breakdown
Gauteng currently has the highest positive rate of Covid-19 infections, with 290 people having tested positive in the past 24 hours. The Western Cape is not far behind with 253 positive cases.
KwaZulu-Natal only reported 122 Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours.
The Northern Cape reported the lowest rate of Covid-19 infections with only 31 people having tested positive in the past 24 hours. Mpumalanga only reported 34 positive cases, Free State 49, Limpopo 51, North West 54, Eastern Cape 91.
