KZN sees increase in virus cases
KwaZulu-Natal has seen a spike in new Covid-19 cases, as the number of infections countrywide rose by more than 17 300.
Nearly 2 000 more people contracted the virus in the province, in the last 24 hour period.
Gauteng still recorded the highest number of daily infections in the country, at over 5 000, although the figure has significantly decreased from case numbers we saw a few weeks ago.
Infections are also growing in the Western Cape, which has recorded over 4 500 new cases.
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The pandemic death toll has edged closer to 71 000.
A total of 520 more people diagnosed with Covid-19 have died.
Under KZN's vaccine rollout programme, over 34 000 people took their shots on Wednesday.
In another vaccination milestone, South Africa's administered more than seven million jabs so far.
#COVID19 UPDATE: A total of 71 061 tests were conducted in the last 24 hrs, with 17 351 new cases, which represents a 24.4% positivity rate. A further 520 #COVID19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 70 908 to date. Read more: https://t.co/jOtvVKxQxA pic.twitter.com/C8KZ2I7RA9
— NICD (@nicd_sa) July 28, 2021
