SA's confirmed Covid cases surge by 8 021, more than half from Gauteng
An increase of 1,009 hospital admissions and 117 in-hospital deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours.
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa has surged by 8 021 with more than half of these recorded in Gauteng.
In its latest update on the state of the pandemic, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported a 16.5% positivity testing rate. This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 1 730 106.
"The majority of new cases today are from the Gauteng province (60%), followed by the Western Cape (9%) province. Both the Free State and North West provinces accounted for 6%," said the NICD.
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An increase of 1,009 hospital admissions and 117 in-hospital deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours.
The country has administered 1.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines.
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