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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 6 372 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 776 298.
This increase represents a 21.1% positivity rate. Today, the NDoH reports three deaths that occurred in the past 24-48 hours.
This brings the total fatalities to 100 351 to date.
SA COVID-19 | Evidence of increases in hospital admissions: Dr Angelique Coetzee:
About 24 400 471 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors.
The NICD, a 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.
