Another 16 000 new coronavirus cases, 148 deaths in SA
New coronavirus cases in South Africa have again soared past 16 000 in the last 24 hour period.
This represents a 24.5% positivity rate.
It takes the number of active infections to almost 142 000.
Gauteng accounts for the majority of these new cases at 59%, followed by the Western Cape at 12%.
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KwaZulu-Natal recorded nearly 700 fresh infections.
The pandemic death toll has reached 59 406 after 148 more people lost their lives.
