South Africa records 11 000 new Covid-19 cases
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says that 220 more people, diagnosed with Covid-19 in the country, have died.
This brings bringing the pandemic death toll to 64 509.
More than 11 000 new cases have been recorded.
It represents a 31.4 percent positivity rate.
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"The institute reports 11 182 new Covid-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 206 781," the NICD said.
"The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (50%), followed by Western Cape (11%). KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo accounted for 9% each; Mpumalanga accounted for 8%; North West accounted for 5%; Eastern Cape accounted for 4%; Free State accounted for 2%, and Northern Cape accounted for 1% of today’s new cases."
Many vaccine sites were forced to close their doors due to the ongoing unrest.
