South Africa reported 809 new Covid-19 cases and 27 deaths on Sunday, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said in a statement.
The NICD said 809 new cases had been identified, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 906 422. The NICD said this increase represents a 3.4% positivity rate.
The majority of new cases on Sunday are from KwaZulu-Natal , followed by Western Cape . Eastern Cape accounted for 16%; Gauteng accounted for 12%; Northern Cape accounted for 11%; Free State accounted for 9%; North West accounted for 7%; Mpumalanga accounted for 3%; and Limpopo accounted for 1% of today’s new cases.
According to the Department of Health’s vaccine data dashboard, a total of 52 556 vaccines were administered in the last 24 hours.
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