South Africa records 19 000 new Covid-19 cases
Updated | By Newswatch
Three hundred and eighty-three more people, who contracted Covid-19 in South Africa, have lost their lives.
The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) updated the country on the latest coronavirus report on Wednesday evening.
Equally shocking is the rise in new infections by 19 506.
The spike represents a 27.6% positivity rate.
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"The Gauteng province accounts for the majority of new cases (57%), followed by the Western Cape (11%) and North West (7%) provinces," the NICD said.
South Africa has over 165 000 active cases.
"An increase of 698 hospital admissions have been reported in the past 24 hours,” the NICD added.
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