On Wednesday the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported 13 263 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa.
This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 484 009.
NICD said this increase represents a 22.3% positivity rate.
As per the National Department of Health, a further 423 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 73 415 to date.
15 031 457 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors.
According to NICD the majority of new cases today are from Western Cape (27%), followed by Gauteng (22%). KwaZulu-Natal accounted for (18%); Eastern Cape accounted for 8%; Mpumalanga accounted for 7%; North West accounted for 6%; Free State and Limpopo accounted for 4% each; and Northern Cape accounted for 3% of today’s new cases.
