New cases bring SA Covid infections to over 3 million
The latest 9 818 confirmed cases of Covid-19 have increased the total number of cases in the country to date to 3 468079.
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says this represents a 26.6% positivity rate.
"As per the National Department of Health, a further 53 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 91 198 to date," the NICD said.
The majority of new cases are from KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape with 26% each, followed by Gauteng at 17%, Eastern Cape accounted for 12%; Free State and Mpumalanga each accounted for 5%; Limpopo, North West, and Northern Cape each accounted for 3% respectively.
"The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 26.6% which is lower than yesterday (27.2%). The 7-day average is 25.8% today, which is higher than yesterday (25.7%). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased," the NCID added.
South Africa has administered 27.9 million doses of the vaccines.
Just over 15 million people are fully vaccinated, which represents 26.7% of the population.
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