331 new COVID-19 cases reported in SA

A health worker rests as he sits next to his ambulance carrying a dead body of a victim who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, May 10, 2021.

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Lerato Matlala

26 October 2021, 20:04 [SAST]

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A total of 331 new COVID-19 cases have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 920 109. This increase represents a 1.1% positivity rate.

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (23%), followed by Free State accounting for 16%.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has also reported a further 53 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 88 987 to date.

18 407 943 tests have been conducted in both the public and private sectors.

Below are the latest coronavirus statistics: