Gauteng accounts for more than 50% of the 4 631 new COVID-19 cases in SA

South Africa has recorded 4 631 new COVID-19 cases in in the past 24-hours, bringing the overall number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 3 755 459. This reflects a 17.8% positivity rate.

According to the NICD, “There may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported due to the current audit effort by the National Department of Health (NDoH). Today, the NDoH reports 10 fatalities, with one occurring during the last 24-48 hours. This puts the overall number of fatalities to 100 286.”

#COVID19UPDATE: 26,065 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs, with 4,631 new cases, which represents a 17.8% positivity rate. Today @HealthZA reports 10 deaths; of which 1 occurred in the past 24–48 hrs. Total fatalities are 100,286 to date: Read more https://t.co/YfBy1ZQmSJ pic.twitter.com/RetsXxRR3S

— NICD (@nicd_sa) April 22, 2022

More than 50% of cases in Gauteng

The majority of new cases are from Gauteng with 51%.

KwaZulu-Natal  recorded 22% followed by the Western Cape which accounted for 13%.

Eastern Cape accounted for 5% and the Free State accounted for 3% of all new cases.

Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 2% with Limpopo and Northern Cape each accounting for 1% of today’s new cases.