Gauteng accounts for more than half of new Covid-19 infections
New statistics released by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) show that Gauteng accounts for 54% of new cases reported during the latest 24-hou period.
The province recorded 148 new infections, while there was a total of 273 new positive cases across the country.
“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%,” said the NICD in a statement.
A total of 29 650 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours with only a 0.9% positivity rate.
A further 15 Covid-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89 504.
There has been an increase of 35 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours, with 3 599 people currently admitted in both private and health public facilities.
On the vaccine front, 134 586 jabs were administered on Tuesday.
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