5,931 new Covid-19 cases in SA, 76 deaths

5,931 new Covid-19 cases in SA, 76 deaths

Over 5,900 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the country. 

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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Sunday 76 more people who contracted coronavirus have died. 


This brings the pandemic death toll to 83 419, with 29% of the new infections being recorded in KwaZulu-Natal. 


The province registered over 1 700 cases. 


"The majority of new cases today [Sunday] are from KwaZulu-Natal (29%), followed by Western Cape (23%). Eastern Cape accounted for 15%; Free State and Gauteng Province each accounted for 9% respectively; Northern Cape each accounted for 6%; Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 4% respectively; and Limpopo Province accounted for 1%," said the NICD. 


The NICD said 4 500 people came forward to receive the vaccine in KZN on Sunday. 


Nationally, 13.4 million jabs have been administered so far. 

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