South Africa has recorded 2 846 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 746 424, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Wednesday.
UPDATE: On Thursday, the NICD published the most recent COVID-19 daily statistics, showing an increase on the positivity rate from 13.4% to 15.8%.
#COVID19UPDATE: 27,875 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs, with 4,406 new cases, which represents a 15.8% positivity rate. Today @HealthZA reports 65 deaths; of which 5 occurred in the past 24–48 hrs. Total fatalities are 100,276 to date: Read more https://t.co/0M0LjHX3vW pic.twitter.com/sxY6yfH2wd
— NICD (@nicd_sa) April 21, 2022
The increase represents a 13.4% positivity rate.
“Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. Today, the NDoH reports 16 deaths, and of these, eight occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100 211 to date,” said the NICD.
The majority of new cases are from Gauteng (46%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (23%).
The Western Cape accounted for 17% of the new cases, Eastern Cape 6%, Free State 3%, Mpumalanga and the North West 2% each, Limpopo and Northern Cape 1% each.
Meanwhile, there has been an increase of 68 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.
Additionally, 24 234 233 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors
