South Africa has reported 291 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 986 892.<\/P>
This increase represents a 4.1% positivity rate.<\/P>
On Monday, the Department of Health reported 16 deaths and of these three deaths occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours.<\/P>
The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 101 620 to date.<\/P>
The majority of new cases are from Gauteng (40%), followed by the Western Cape (15%).<\/P>
KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 13%; North West accounted for 11%; Free State accounted for 8%; Eastern Cape accounted for 5%; Mpumalanga accounted for 4%; Northern Cape accounted for 2%; and Limpopo accounted for 1% of new cases<\/P>
\u201cThe proportion of positive new cases\/total new tested today is 4.1%, and is lower than yesterday (7.1%). The 7-day average is 7.9% today, and is lower than yesterday (8.1%),\u201d the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said.<\/P>
There has been an increase of 31 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.<\/P>
South Africa has to date conducted 25 604 409 tests in both public and private sectors. <\/P>
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Source: South African Government News Agency<\/P>
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