KZN still topping new Covid-19 infections
KwaZulu-Natal has recorded the majority of new coronavirus infections in the reporting cycle to Saturday.
The coastal province reported 30% (2 525) of the 8 411 infections recorded to Saturday.
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says KwaZulu-Natal is followed by the Western Cape with 21% (1 726) then the Eastern Cape at 15% (1 302).
A further 182 Covid-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 83,343 to date.
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There has been an increase of 255 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.
A total of 11 901 people have been admitted to private and public hospitals in the country.
This while more than 13,43 million vaccine doses have been administered.