SA records decline in new Covid-19 cases, positivity rate also down
According to the latest report published by the NICD on
Monday evening, this represents a 7.4% positivity rate.
This brings the country’s total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 659 698.
Gauteng is leading with 459 new cases.
“The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (40%), followed by North West and Western Cape, each accounting for 17%. Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 9%; Mpumalanga accounted for 7%; Free State accounted for 4%. Eastern Cape and Limpopo each accounted for 2% respectively, and Northern Cape accounted for 1% of today’s new cases,” says the NICD in a statement.
The National Department of Health has reported another backlog of Covid-19 mortality cases due to the ongoing audit exercise by the department.
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It has reported 137 Covid-19 related deaths and of these, seven occurred over the past 24 – 48 hours.
This brings the total fatalities to 98,804
There has been an increase of 42 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours, with 3 175 people currently admitted in both private and public health facilities.
