Johannesburg – South Africa has recorded an alarming amount of over 13 000 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours.
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said that 13 246 new cases were reported, with 136 more deaths.
“These concerning figures represent the highest number of daily cases and positivity rate recorded since January 2021. The total number of laboratory-confirmed cases increased to 1 774 312,” the NICD said.
The NICD said the Northern Cape, Free State, North West and Gauteng provinces are officially in a third wave, with the remaining five provinces seeing sustained increases in the number of cases.
“The majority of cases reported today are once again from Gauteng,” the NICD said.
There has also been an increase of 940 hospital admissions and 136 deaths.
In total, SA’s Covid-19 death toll stands at 58 118.
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Vaccine stats for SA:
Yesterday, President Cyril Ramaphosa moved the country into alert level 3.
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— Department of Health (@HealthZA) June 16, 2021
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