South Africa has recorded 24 785 new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of cases to 3 255 816. This increase represents a 30.9% positivity rate.
A further 36 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 90 262 to date.
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According to the NICD,”The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 30.9% which is lower than yesterday (32.2%). The 7-day average is 28.1% today, which is higher than yesterday (28.0%).”
There has been an increase of 347 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.
The NICD breakdown of provincial cases shows KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape quickly catching Gauteng with positive infections.
“The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (27%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (23%). Western Cape accounted for 19%; Eastern Cape accounted for 9%; Free State accounted for 6%; Mpumalanga accounted for 5%; Limpopo and North West each accounted for 4%; and Northern Cape accounted for 3%.”
