South Africa has recorded 1 266 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 673 257.
In a statement on Sunday, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said the increase in cases represents a 6.7% positivity rate.
The majority of new cases are from Gauteng (42%), followed by the Western Cape (18%).
KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 16%; Mpumalanga 8% and the North West accounted for 7%. The Free State accounted for 5%; Eastern Cape 3%; Limpopo 2%, while the Northern Cape accounted for 1% of the new cases.
“Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. The NDoH reported 38 deaths and of these, two occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 99 229 to date,” the NICD said.
A total of 23 071 788 tests have been conducted in both the public and private sectors.
There has been an increase of 11 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.
Source: South African Government News Agency