South Africa has seen a decrease in cases of Covid-19 on Thursday.
CAPE TOWN: South Africa reported 1 678 new Covid-19 cases and 101 deaths on Thursday, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said.
Today, the institute reports 1 678 new Covid-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 900 994. This increase represents a 4.1% positivity rate,” said the NICD. “As per the National Department of Health, a further 101 Covid-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing fatalities up to 87 626 to date. A total of 17 649 727 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors,” the NICD said.
It said the majority of cases for Thursday were reported in the Western Cape with 22% of new cases, followed by KwaZulu-Natal at 20%, while Gauteng accounted for 14% of cases, and the Eastern Cape and Free State provinces accounted for 12% each. The Northern Cape accounted for 10%, while the North West and Mpumalanga accounted for 5%, and Limpopo with 1% of the new cases.
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