More than 9,000 new Covid cases in SA, but weekly cases decreasing
The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), has reported 9,199 new Covid-19 cases in South Africa.
"This increase represents a 15.1% positivity rate," says the NICD.
The Department of Health (DoH) also reported 247 deaths to Covid-19 complications in the last 24-hour reporting period.
The majority of new Covid cases are from KwaZulu-Natal (26%), followed by Western Cape (21%). Eastern Cape accounted for 20%; Free State, Gauteng Province, and Northern Cape each accounted for 7% respectively; Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 5% respectively, and Limpopo Province accounted for 2% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:
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According to the NICD, the 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.
There had been an increase of 383 hospital admissions in the 24-hours period.
#COVID19 UPDATE: A total of 60,942 tests were conducted in the last 24 hrs, with 9,199 new cases, which represents a 15.1% positivity rate. A further 247 #COVID19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 83,161 to date. Read more: https://t.co/0RE2DvLz6A pic.twitter.com/zF2kHJo1UF
— NICD (@nicd_sa) September 3, 2021
