Gauteng leads new COVID-19 cases

Some 1 147 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in South Africa over the past 24 hours, at a positivity rate of at least 6.1%.

This is according to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD).

The new cases bring the total number of laboratory confirmed cases to at least 3.6 million cases since the first case was reported two years ago.

“Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. Today, the NDoH reports zero deaths, as well as zero deaths occurring in the past 24 – 48 hours.

“Total fatalities remain unchanged at 99,543 to date,” the institute said on Sunday.

The provincial new cases breakdown is as follows:

• Gauteng 418;
• KwaZulu-Natal 259;
• Western Cape 236;
• North West 69;
• Free State 48;
• Mpumalanga 44;
• Eastern Cape 38;
• Limpopo 22,
• Northern Cape 13.

There was a slight increase of hospitalisations with six new admissions.

The total number of vaccinations over the past 24 hours was 7 414 – bringing the total number of jabs in arms to at least 32 027 146.