Johannesburg – The National Institute for Communicable Diseases reported that 10 510 new Covid-19 cases had been identified in South Africa in the past 24 hours, representing a 20.5% positivity rate.
The country’s death rate climbed to 58 441 after 118 more people died.
The total number of laboratory-confirmed cases now stands at 1,796,589.
There has also been an increase in hospital admissions which now stands at 1 510 across the country.
South Africa has, since Friday, vaccinated a total of 2 069 346 people.
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