South Africa has reported 5 644 new COVID-19 cases which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 770 575. This increase represents a 17.6% positivity rate.
The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal (35%), followed by Western Cape and Eastern Cape (16%) each.
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has also reported a further 235 COVID-19 related deaths bringing total fatalities to 81 830 to date.
There has been an increase of 291 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.
Below are the latest coronavirus stats in SA:
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