Covid-19: SA records 1 600 cases, 10 deaths
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 1 692 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hour reporting cycle.
This brings the country’s total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 720 645.
The latest increase represents a 6.1% positivity rate.
“The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (43%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (21%). Western Cape accounted for 20%; Eastern Cape and Free State each accounted for 4% respectively; Mpumalanga accounted for 3%; Limpopo and North West each accounted for 2% respectively; and Northern Cape accounted for 1% of today’s new cases,” said the NICD in a statement.
The National Department of Health is still processing its backlog in the Covid-19 mortality cases.
This is due to an ongoing audit exercise.
It reported 10 Covid-19 related deaths and of these, 1 occurred in the past 24 - 48 hours.
This brings the total fatalities to 100 042.
There has been an increase of 42 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours with 1 920 people currently admitted in both private and public health facilities.
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