The NICD also reported that there were 9,203 new Covid-19 cases identified in the past day, taking the total confirmed cases across SA to 2,796,405.
People wearing protective face masks wait to receive a vaccine dose against the coronavirus disease during a mass vaccination programme at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 31 2021.SA recorded another 418 Covid-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said on Thursday.
Of the new cases, KwaZulu-Natal remains the virus epicentre, with 2,691 cases. It was followed by the Western Cape with 1,796, the Eastern Cape with 1,652 cases, Gauteng with 780, and the Free State with 779.
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