Figures released by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) showed that Gauteng bore the brunt of the new infections, accounting for 58% of the cases recorded in the past day.
SA recorded 8,881 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, with 5,100 of them in Gauteng.Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the highest number of new daily infections since January 23 when more than 12,000 were recorded.
Figures released by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases showed that Gauteng bore the brunt of the new infections, accounting for 58% of the cases recorded in the past day.%, based on 53,732 tests in the same period — means that there have now beenThe majority of new cases were recorded in Gauteng , followed by the Western Cape .
“The increased number of tests and cases, and increased positivity, are all evidence of the predicted third surge in Covid-19 cases, and not artefacts of data loading or increased laboratory turnaround times,” the NICD said.1,150 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours. Again, it was Gauteng that bore the brunt, with 587 new admissions.TimesLIVE
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