South Africa has recorded 553 COVID-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours. This takes the total fatalities since the outbreak of the pandemic to 77 993.
A further 10 685 people have tested positive for the virus, taking the countries total cases to 2 624 254.
52 267 tests have been conducted in the last reporting period, reflecting a positivity rate of 20.4%.
Most cases were detected in the Western Cape with 2 745, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 2 288.
The NICD statement says, “The majority of new cases today are from Western Cape (26%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (21%). Eastern Cape accounted for 17%; Gauteng accounted for 11%; Free State, Mpumalanga and Northern Cape accounted for 6% each; North West accounted for 5%; and Limpopo accounted for 2% of today’s new cases.”
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