NATIONAL NEWS - As of Wednesday, South Africa has recorded a total of 2.926,914 positive cases of Covid-19, with 566 new cases identified in the past 24 hours.
This increase represents a 1.6% positivity rate.
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (59%), followed by Western Cape (8%). KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo each accounted for 7%; North West accounted for 6%; Eastern Cape and Free State each accounted for 4%; and Mpumalanga and Northern Cape each accounted for 3% of today’s new cases.
As per the National Department of Health, a further 11 Covid-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89,515 to date, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, announced.
18.998,133 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
There has been an increase of 48 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.
