More than 260 Covid-19 deaths reported in SA
The National institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has recorded over 260 Covid-19 related deaths.
Statistics released by the NICD on Tuesday night show that 268 people succumbed to complications from Covid-19.
Only 20 fatalities occurred over the past two days.
"Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of Covid-19 mortality cases reported," reads the statement.
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This brings the country's national total of Covid-19 related fatalities to 96 289.
A further 2 824 new Covid-19 cases have also been reported in just 24 hours, bringing the country's Covid-19 infections to 3,628,014 since the start of the pandemic.
This is represents a 8.2% positivity rate.
#COVID19 UPDATE: 34,620 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs, with 2,824 new cases, representing an 8.2% positivity rate. Today @HealthZA reports 268 deaths; of these 20 occurred in the past 24–48 hours, bringing fatalities to 96,289 to date. More here: https://t.co/4knFGCA9mX pic.twitter.com/mMvjNGMOsj
— NICD (@nicd_sa) February 8, 2022
