The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 2 782 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 618 853.
This increase represents an 8.9% positivity rate.
According to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported.
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The NDoH has further reported 221 deaths and of these, 14 occurred in the past 24– 48 hours.
This brings the total fatalities to 95 766 to date.
The NICD says about 22 405 373 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors.
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (33%), followed by Western Cape (17%).
Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 13%; Mpumalanga accounted for 10%; Limpopo accounted for 8%; 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.
The division of the National Health Laboratory Service continues to provide laboratory-based surveillance to inform the public health response towards COVID-19 in South Africa.
