South Africa records 889 new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of infections to 3 722 954. This increase represents a 5.3% positivity rate.
According to the NICD, “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 four deaths and of these, one occurred in the past 24-48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100 050 to date.”
Latest SA COVID-19 stats:
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Provincial Breakdown of new cases
The majority of new cases are from Gauteng (42%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (25%). Western Cape accounted for 19%; Eastern Cape accounted for 5%; Free State accounted for 4%; Mpumalanga accounted for 3%; North West accounted for 2%; Limpopo accounted for 1%, and Northern Cape accounted for less than 1% .”
23 909 698 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors.