New COVID-19 infections up by 1 662

• Published date: 24 May 2022
• Publication title: South African Official News

The National Institute of Communicable Diseases has reported at least 1662 new COVID-19 infections in South Africa over the past 24 hour reporting cycle.

According to the institute, this represents a positivity rate of some 13.7% and brings the cumulative number of infections to 3 931 534.

The provincial breakdown of new infections reported is as follows:

Gauteng: 650

Western Cape: 371

KwaZulu-Natal: 216

Free State: 106

North West: 85

Mpumalanga: 83

Northern Cape: 67

Eastern Cape: 65

Limpopo: 19

Further, the NICD reported at least 83 more hospitalisations due to the virus with deaths also on the rise.

'Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National...