NATIONAL NEWS - There were 306 new Covid-19 cases recorded in South Africa on Saturday, according to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD).
This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases in the country to 2,925,677.
There were also seven more Covid-19 related deaths recorded. The death toll in South Africa now stands at 89,476.
Gauteng has the majority of new Covid-19 cases recorded, with 122. The Western Cape recorded the second-highest number of new cases (41).
These are the number of cases recorded in each province on Saturday:
- Gauteng – 122
- Western Cape – 41
- Eastern Cape – 16
- KwaZulu-Natal – 35
- Free State – 25
- Mpumalanga – 14
- Northern Cape – 23
- Limpopo – 6
- North West – 24
There were also seven more hospital admissions in the past day. There have been 18,893,899 tests conducted in both public and private sectors to date.
