{"id":45116,"date":"2022-06-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricahorizon.com\/?guid=b03283cfa09659ffc8c88b4db7cebc41"},"modified":"2022-06-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T00:00:00","slug":"sa-records-1-087-new-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricahorizon.com\/sa-records-1-087-new-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"SA records 1 087 new COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"
South Africa on Tuesday recorded 1 087 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 987 979.<\/P>
This increase represents a 7.8% positivity rate, said the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD).<\/P>
In addition, the National Department of Health reported 20 deaths and of these, three deaths occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours.<\/P>
\u201cThe cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 101 640 to date. A total of 25,618,427 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below,\u201d said the NICD.<\/P>
The cumulative number of recoveries now stands at 3 872 768, with a recovery rate of 97.1%.<\/P>
A breakdown of the new cases indicates that the majority were from Gauteng (37%), followed by Western Cape (21%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 16%; Eastern Cape accounted for 9%; Free State accounted for 5%; Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 4% respectively; Northern Cape accounted for 2%; and Limpopo accounted for 1% of the new cases.<\/P>
Over the 24 hours, there was an increase of 39 hospital admissions.<\/P>
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Source: South African Government News Agency<\/P>
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