8 021 new Covid-19 cases recorded in SA

Johannesburg – The third wave continues to take its toll on South Africa, after it was reported that 8 021 new Covid-19 cases was recorded in the country, taking the cumulative total to 1 730 106.

According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, this represents a 16.5% positivity testing rate.

A total of 1 619 011 people have been vaccinated.


The NICD said 12 092 681 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors.

“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%,” the NICD said.

There has also been an increase of 1,009 hospital admissions and 117 in-hospital deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours.

 

 

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