The NICD said on Wednesday that there were 1,018 new cases recorded in Gauteng in the past day. On Tuesday, there were 605.
There were more than 1,200 new Covid-19 cases recorded in SA in the past 24 hours, with Gauteng accounting for more than 1,000 of them.New Covid-19 infections are on the rise in Gauteng, with more than 1,000 recorded in the province in the past 24 hours.that there were 1,018 new cases recorded in Gauteng in the past day. On Tuesday, there were 605.Gauteng has consistently been the worst-hit province for new infections over the past two weeks.
The positivity rate — the number of new infections against the number of tests done in the same period — is also on the rise. “The proportion of positive new cases v total new tests is 3.6%, which is higher than the day before . The seven-day average is 2.7% today [Wednesday], which is higher than yesterday ," the NICD said.
In total, there have been 2,950,035 confirmed Covid-19 cases across SA since the outbreak of the virus in March last year. The NICD said that, according to health department data, there were 22 new Covid-19 related deaths recorded in the past day. The total number of fatalities to date is 89,657.53 new hospital admissions in the past day, with 2,106 people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 complications.
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