SA records another 4 500 new Covid-19 cases
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 4 514 new Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours.
This brings the country’s total infections since the beginning of the pandemic to 3 590 399.
The latest increase represents a 10.6% positivity rate.
Gauteng accounts for the majority of new cases, with 1 376 infections picked up on Wednesday.
“The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (30%), followed by Western Cape (14%). KwaZulu-
Natal accounted for 13%; Mpumalanga accounted for 11%; Limpopo accounted for 10%; Northwest accounted for 9%; Free State accounted for 6%; Eastern Cape accounted for 5%, and Northern Cape accounted for 2% of today’s new cases,” the NICD said in a statement.
The National Department of Health has recorded another backlog in Covid-19 deaths.
This is due to the ongoing audit exercise by the department.
It has reported 94 Covid-19 related deaths and of these, 20 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours.
This brings the total fatalities to 94 491.
There has been an increase of 183 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.
A total of 6 035 people are currently admitted in both public and private health facilities.
On the vaccine front, 81 012 vaccines were administered on Wednesday.
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