The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports 2 824 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,628,014.
This increase represents an 8.2% positivity rate.
The National Department of Health (NDoH) says due to the ongoing audit exercise by the department, there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported.
Today, the NDoH reports 268 deaths and of these, 20 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours.
This brings the total fatalities to 96,289 to date.
22,515,686 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors.
#COVID19 UPDATE: 34,620 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs, with 2,824 new cases, representing an 8.2% positivity rate. Today @HealthZA reports 268 deaths; of these 20 occurred in the past 24–48 hours, bringing fatalities to 96,289 to date. More here: https://t.co/4knFGCA9mX pic.twitter.com/mMvjNGMOsj
— NICD (@nicd_sa) February 8, 2022
