The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 1 560 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 710 766. This increase represents a 6.2% positivity rate.
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng Province (35%), followed by Western Cape (25%).
The institute says there may be a backlog of COVID-9 mortalities due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH).
“Today, the NDoH reports seven deaths and of these, one occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 99 939 to date,” says the institute in a statement.
23 701 064 tests have been conducted in both the public and private sectors. Below are the latest coronavirus stats in SA:
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