SA sees slight decline in Covid-19 cases

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has recorded 1 649 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours reporting cycle.

This is a slight decline from 2 489 cases reported on Saturday.

However, the national positivity rate remains above 8% - standing at 8.1% on Sunday.

 20 405 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.

Gauteng continues to account for the majority of cases, with 572 new infections recorded in the last 24 hours.

“The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng 35%, followed by Western Cape 22%, KwaZulu Natal accounted for 14%. Mpumalanga accounted for 9%, Free State and North West each accounted for 5% respectively. Limpopo accounted for 4%; Eastern Cape accounted for 3%, and Northern Cape accounted for 2% of today’s new cases,” says the NICD in a statement.

The National Department of Health recorded another backlog in Covid-19 mortality cases.

This is due to the ongoing audit exercise by the department.

It has reported 8 deaths and of these, 2 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours.

This brings the total fatalities to 96 993.

There has been an increase of 14 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours, with 4 121 people currently admitted in both private and public health facilities.

On the vaccine front, 3 560 Covid-19 vaccines were administered on Sunday.

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