The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 2 364 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 645 269. This increase represents a 7.7% positivity rate.
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (42%), followed by Western Cape (16%).
KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 14%; Mpumalanga accounted for 7%; Free State accounted for 6%; North West accounted for 5%; Eastern Cape and Limpopo each accounted for 4% respectively; and Northern Cape accounted for 2% of today’s new cases.
The institute says there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported due to the ongoing audit exercise by the Department of Health.
A further 181 deaths have been reported and of these, seven occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 97 431 to date.
22 723 984 tests have been conducted in both the public and private sectors.
Below are the latest coronavirus statistics:
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