Covid-19 update: SA records 13,021 new cases and 238 deaths

As of Saturday, South Africa has recorded a total of 2.595,447 positive cases of Covid-19, with 13,021 new cases identified since the last report, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, has announced.

This increase, according to the NICD, represents a 21.6 positivity rate.

The country has also recorded 238 Covid-19 related deaths, bringing total fatalities to 76,869 to date.

15.547,415 tests have been conducted in both the public and private sectors.

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The majority of new cases today are from Western Cape (24%), KwaZulu-Natal (26%). Gauteng Province accounted for 14%; Eastern Cape accounted for 10%; Free State 5 % and Mpumalanga accounted for 7% respectively; North West accounted for 5; Northern Cape accounted for 4%, and Limpopo province accounted for 3% of today’s new cases. 

There has been an increase of 378 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.

#COVID19 UPDATE: A total of 60,210 tests were conducted in the last 24 hrs, with 13,021 new cases, which represents an 21.6% positivity rate. A further 238 #COVID19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 76,869 to date. Read more: https://t.co/chfW514Z4S pic.twitter.com/mEeUsrqGBR

— NICD (@nicd_sa) August 14, 2021

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