The National Department of Health (NDoH) has reported 972 new COVID-19 cases from a total of 17 697 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, which represents a 5.5% positivity rate.
The NDoH says that due to the ongoing audit exercise there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported.
The department has also reported 13 deaths, of which none occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. There are now a total of 99 725 COVID-19 related deaths in South Africa since March 2020.
Provincial breakdown
The majority of new cases on Sunday are from Gauteng (37%), followed by Western Cape (25%). KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 17%; Free State, Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 5% respectively; Northern Cape accounted for 3%; Eastern Cape accounted for 2%; and Limpopo accounted for 1% of Sunday’s new cases.
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