The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 1 497 new COVID-19 cases in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 712 263.
This increase represents a 5.7% positivity rate.
Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported.
On Saturday, the NDoH reported 26 deaths and of these, 2 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours.
This brings the total fatalities to 99 965 to date.
#COVID19 UPDATE: 26,449 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs, with 1,497 new cases, which represents a 5.7% positivity rate. Today @HealthZA reports 2 deaths in the past 24–48 hrs. Total fatalities are 99,965 to date: https://t.co/f1pknYZBqs pic.twitter.com/eP26qe2GkI
— NICD (@nicd_sa) March 26, 2022
Loading…
