South Africa has recorded 1 868 new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 3 690 291. This increase represents a 6.5% 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. Today, the NDoH reports 25 deaths and of these, 10 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 99 681.
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PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
According to the NICD, the majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (34%), followed by Western Cape (24%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 16%; Limpopo and North West each accounted for 6% respectively; Mpumalanga accounted for 5%; Free State accounted for 4%; Eastern Cape accounted for 3%, and Northern Cape accounted for 1% of today’s new cases.
