Coronavirus - South Africa: SA Records 6,787 New COVID-19 Cases
South Africa has recorded 6 787 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 540 222 since the outbreak.
“This increase represents a 21.7% positivity rate,” the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Monday.
According to the National Department of Health, a further 199 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 75 012 to date.
The majority of new cases are from the Western Cape (29%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (21%).
Gauteng accounted for 15%; Eastern Cape 10%; Mpumalanga, Free State and Northern Cape 6% each; North West 5%, and Limpopo 2% of the new cases, with an increase of 241 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.
“The total number of cases today is lower than (Sunday: 10, 008) and lower than the average number of new cases per day over the seven preceding days (11 264). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has increased,” the NICD said.
A total of 15, 288, 559 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors.
According to the latest data, South Africa has administered 8 621 932 COVID-19 vaccines.
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