Over 2 000 new Covid-19 cases in SA
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 2 364 new Covid-19 cases in the latest 24 hours reporting cycle.
This brings the country’s total laboratory-confirmed cases since the beginning of the pandemic to 3 645 269.
The latest increase represents a 7.7% positivity rate.
Gauteng continues to lead with 983 new infections reported on Tuesday.
“The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (42%), followed by Western Cape (16%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 14%; Mpumalanga accounted for 7%; Free State accounted for 6%; North West accounted for 5%; Eastern Cape and Limpopo each accounted for 4% respectively, and Northern Cape accounted for 2% of today’s new cases,” says the NICD in a statement.
The National Department of Health has reported another backlog in the Covid-19 mortality cases.
This is due to the ongoing audit exercise by the department.
It reported 181 deaths and of these, 7 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours.
This brings the total fatalities to 97 431.
There has been an increase of 110 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours, with 3 802 people currently admitted in both public and private health facilities.
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