KZN tops new Covid-19 cases as third wave continues
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 13 261 new coronavirus cases on Saturday.
A total of 13 261 people contracted the virus in the 24-hour cycle to Saturday.
The increase represents a positivity rate of 20.8% after 63 830 coronavirus tests were conducted.
A total of 2 680 225 infections have been confirmed in South Africa.
A further 268 people succumbed to complications related to Covid-19, bringing the death toll to 79 251.
Most new cases are from KwaZulu-Natal (29%), followed by Western Cape (24%).
There has been 356 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours, bringing the current admissions to 13 642.
#COVID19 UPDATE: A total of 66,380 tests were conducted in the last 24 hrs, with 14,312 new cases, which represents an 21.6% positivity rate. A further 289 #COVID19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 78,983 to date. Read more: https://t.co/Z0rkEkfJdE pic.twitter.com/MlSp04jhr3
— NICD (@nicd_sa) August 20, 2021
