SA shows sustained downward trend in COVID-19 cases with 1 504 new infections

A health worker looks on as she waits to give a dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

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Lerato Matlala

20 September 2021, 19:43 [SAST]

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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says the current surge in COVID-19 infections seems to be showing signs of a sustained downward trend.

1 504 new COVID-19 cases have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 884 134.

This increase represents a 7.0% positivity rate. A further 42 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 86 216 to date.

Below are the latest coronavirus stats in SA: