South Africa recorded over 12 500 new Covid-19 cases and 330 deaths on Saturday, the Health Department said. Covid19 Covid19
Cape Town – A total of 12 528 new Covid-19 cases and 334 deaths were reported in South Africa on Saturday, the Health Department said.
“As of today the cumulative number of #Covid19 cases identified in SA is 2 447 454 with 12 528 new cases reported,” the department said on Twitter. “Today 334 deaths have been reported bringing the total to 72 013 deaths. The cumulative number of recoveries now stand at 2 222 338 with a recovery rate of 90. 8%.”The National Institute for Communicable Diseases said in the last 24 hours, a total of 56 243 tests were conducted. The institute said the new cases represented a 22.3% positivity rate.“The majority of new cases today are from Western Cape , followed by Gauteng ,” the NICD said.
“KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 18%; Mpumalanga accounted for 8%; Eastern Cape accounted for 7%; North West accounted for 6%; with Free State, Limpopo and Northern Cape each accounting for 4% of today’s new cases.” The institute said Saturday’s total number of cases was lower than Friday’s 13 025 new case, but said that it was higher than the average number of new cases per day over the seven preceding days – 11 404.In the past 24 hours there was an increase of 348 hospital admissions, which represented a decrease from Friday’s new hospital admissions.
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