{"id":43693,"date":"2022-04-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricahorizon.com\/?guid=27b7a9a5d6499f42fdbe9679f6c987a6"},"modified":"2022-04-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T00:00:00","slug":"sa-records-553-new-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricahorizon.com\/sa-records-553-new-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"SA records 553 new COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"
South Africa on Monday recorded 553 new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 732 628.<\/P>
The increase represents a 5% positivity rate.<\/P>
The Department of Health says it has reported two deaths, and of these, one occurred in the past 24-48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100 098.<\/P>
To date, 24 071 305 tests have been conducted in both the public and private sectors.<\/P>
In the private sector, 13 091 268 tests have been conducted, while in the public sector, 10 980 037 tests were conducted.<\/P>
The majority of new cases reported are from Gauteng with 50%, followed by Western Cape with 18%.<\/P>
KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 17% of the new cases, Mpumalanga 5%, Eastern Cape and Limpopo each accounted for 3%, Free State and North West each accounted for 2% and the Northern Cape accounted for 1%.<\/P>
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Source: South African Government News Agency<\/P>
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South Africa on Monday recorded 553 new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 732 628.The increase represents a 5% positivity rate.The Department of Health says it has reported two deaths, and of these, one oc…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n