NICD reports 26 485 new COVID-19 cases, 175 deaths

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Celestine Hendricks

3 July 2021, 20:30 [SAST]

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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 26 485 new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections in South Africa to 2 046 311. This has increased the country’s positivity rate to 27.3%.

The Gauteng province accounts for the majority of new cases (61%), followed by the Western Cape (11%), and Limpopo (7%) provinces.

The NICD says there have been 175 COVID-19 related deaths overnight, bringing total number of fatalities to 61 507.

Hospital admissions

An increase of 557 hospital admissions has been also been reported.

#COVID19 UPDATE: A total of 96,896 tests were conducted in the last 24 hrs, with 26,485 new cases, which represents a 27.3% positivity rate. A further 175 #COVID19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 61,507 to date. Read more: https://t.co/MbNpEUWvwN pic.twitter.com/aq8Cm5NakX

— NICD (@nicd_sa) July 3, 2021