The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 3 056 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 652 024.
This increase represents an 8.8% positivity rate. The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (37%), followed by Western Cape (18%).
The institute says due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported.
A further 435 deaths have been reported and of these, 17 occurred in the past 24 –48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 97 955 to date.
22 796 653 tests have been conducted in both the public and private sectors.
Below are the latest coronavirus statistics:
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