Covid-19 update: 64 hospital admissions reported in the past 24 hours

As of Tuesday, 14 June, the cumulative number of detected Covid-19 cases in South Africa is 3,979,836 with 710 new cases identified.

This represents a 6.8% positivity rate, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) confirmed.

Forty-one Covid-19 related deaths were reported – 10 of which occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours – bringing the total number of deaths to 101,550.

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There were 64 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.

The total number of recoveries stands at 3,858,949 with a recovery rate of 97%. South Africa currently has 19,337 active cases.

25,515,180 tests in total have been conducted to date in both public and private sectors.

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The total number of vaccines administered in the country so far stands at 36,522,914 as of 14 June.

Provincial breakdown

The majority of the new Covid-19 cases came from Gauteng (291), followed by Western Cape (137) and KwaZulu-Natal (93).

Eastern Cape (63) then follows, while North West and Mpumalanga recorded 35 and 34 new cases respectively.

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Free State recorded 24 cases followed by Northern Cape (16) and Limpopo (17), which recorded the lowest cases of the day.

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By Citizen Reporter