The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 4 502 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 612 809.
This increase represents an 11.3% positivity rate.
The NICD has also cautioned that there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported, owing to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), .
A further 175 deaths related to COVID-up have also been reported, with 15 of those occurring in the past 24–48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 95 463 to date.
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About 22 343 478 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors.
Gauteng has recorded the majority of the infection cases at 33%, followed by Western Cape at 15%; Mpumalanga at 12%; Kwa-Zulu Natal 11%; and Limpopo 10%.
North West accounted for 7%; Free State accounted for 6%; Eastern Cape accounted for 3%; and Northern Cape accounted for 2% of today’s new cases.
