This bring the total number of people in hospital for Covid-19 treatment to 1,900
The number of Covid-19 infections is also on a steady increase.
The institute reported 5,062 new Covid-19 infections in the latest 24-hour cycle — bringing the positivity rate to 18.4%.followed by KwaZulu- Natal with 29%, Western Cape 11% and Free State and Eastern Cape each accounting for 4%. Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 2% of the total number of cases while the Northern Cape accounted for 1% of the new cases.
“Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the national department of health, there may be a backlog of Covid-19 mortality cases reported. Today, the NDoH reports 15 deaths and of these, six occurred in the past 24-48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,348 to date,” the institute said.
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