On Tuesday National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 273 new COVID-19 cases in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 926 348.
This increase represents a 0.9% positivity rate.
As per the National Department of Health, a further 15 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89 504 to date.
The 18 962 806 tests have been conducted in both the public and private sectors.
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The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (54%), followed by Western Cape (11%).
KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 10%; Free State accounted for 7%; Mpumalanga accounted for 6%; North West accounted for 4%; Eastern Cape and Northern Cape each accounted for 3%; and Limpopo accounted for 1% of today’s new cases.
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.
