South Africa records 178 more virus deaths
One hundred and seventy-eight more people, who contracted Covid-19 in the country, have died.
It brings to 72 191 the number of lives lost since the outbreak of the global pandemic last year.
Nearly 8 800 new infections have been recorded - almost 18 00 of them in KwaZulu-Natal.
"The institute reports 8 791 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases 2 456 184. This increase represents a 23.0% positivity rate," the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said.
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"The majority of new cases today are from Western Cape (27%), followed by Gauteng (23%). KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 20%; Mpumalanga accounted for 9%; Eastern Cape and North West accounted for 5% each; Free State and Limpopo accounted for 4% each; and Northern Cape accounted for 3%."
Just under 6 000 coronavirus jabs were administered in the province on Sunday.
Overall and countrywide, this figure's climbed to over 7.5 million.
