NICD reports more than 4 300 new COVID-19 cases

• Published date: 16 May 2022
• Publication title: South African Official News

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported that at least 4 344 new COVID-19 cases have been detected over the past 24 hour reporting period.

This represents a positivity rate of some 20.34% and brings the cumulative number of infections to at least 3 891 793.

The provincial breakdown of new cases is as follows:

Gauteng new cases 1 897;

Western Cape in second with at least 884;

Some 839 new cases have been reported in KwaZulu-Natal;

The Free State reports 188 new cases;

The Eastern Cape has 162 new cases;

In Mpumalanga, some 124 new cases have been recorded;

At least 113 more new cases are reported in the North West;

The Northern Cape reported...