South Africa reports 4 514 new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 3 590 399. This increase represents a 10.6% positivity rate.
Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health, there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. Today, the Department reports 94 deaths and of these, 20 occurred in the past 24-48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 94 491 to date.
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According to the NICD, “The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (30%), followed by Western Cape (14%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 13%; Mpumalanga accounted for 11%; Limpopo accounted for 10%; North West accounted for 9%; Free State accounted for 6%; Eastern Cape accounted for 5%, and Northern Cape accounted for 2%.”
There has been an increase of 183 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.
