In the same period, there were 8,988 new infections recorded, at a positivity rate of 19.8%.
SA recorded 555 new Covid-19 related deaths and close to 9,000 new cases on Tuesday, the NICD said.
There were 555 new Covid-19 deaths recorded in the past 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said on Tuesday.This means that there have been 72,992 fatalities and 2,470,746 cases recorded across SA to date.The NICD said there had also been an increase of15,788 people are being treated for coronavirus-related illnesses in hospital.
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