NATIONAL NEWS - As of Thursday, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa is 1,995,556, with 21,584 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours.
This increase represents a 28.4% positivity rate.
According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), Gauteng province accounts for the majority of new cases -12,806 (59%), followed by the Western Cape (11%) and North West (7%) provinces.
The Western Cape reported 2,447 new Covid-19 cases
A further 382 Covid-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 61,029 to date.
13,209,499 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors.
An increase of 769 hospital admissions have been reported in the past 24 hours.
The Acting Minister of Health, Mmamoloko Kubayi, and a panel of experts, will convene a media briefing on the progress of government efforts in the fight against Covid-19, including an update on the national vaccination rollout programme, announced the health department on Thursday.
