516 Covid deaths, 16 240 new cases in SA
Over 500 more people, diagnosed with the Covid-19 in South Africa, have died.
This brings the pandemic death toll to 68 192.
Over 16 000 new cases have been picked up in the last 24-hour period.
They represent a 27. 5 percent positivity rate.
"Today [Wednesday] the institute reports 16,240 new Covid-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,327,472," the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said.
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"The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (32%), followed by the Western Cape (21%). KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 11%; Limpopo and North West each accounted for 9%; Mpumalanga accounted for 7%; Eastern Cape accounted for 5%; Free State accounted for 3%; and the Northern Cape accounted for 2%."
More than 48 000 Covid-19 vaccines were administered in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday.
Nationally, over 250 000 people rolled up their sleeves yesterday for the jab.
Since the start of the programme, 5.8 million shots have been given.
