As the country heads for the looming fifth wave, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Sunday recorded 5 486 new Covid-19 cases with seven more deaths.
“Of these, five occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours,” said the NICD.
The seven deaths brought the total fatalities to 100 523 to date.
Representing a 25.3% positivity rate, the figure brought the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 841 388.
As of Sunday, 24 675 963 tests had been conducted in both public and private sectors.
A provincial breakdown of the statistics reveals that the majority of new cases on Sunday were from Gauteng Province (40%) followed by KwaZulu-Natal (26%).
“Western Cape accounted for 17%; Free State accounted for 5%; Eastern Cape and North West each accounted for 3% respectively; Mpumalanga and Northern Cape each accounted for 2% respectively; and Limpopo accounted for <1% of today’s new cases,” the NICD said.
The 25.3% proportion of positive cases was lower than Saturday’s 31.1%.
“The 7-day average is (24.3%) today, and is higher than yesterday (23.8%). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has increased,” reads the statement.
On hospital admissions, the Institute said these had increased by 43in the reporting cycle.
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