SA records 9 757 new COVID-19 cases

• Published date: 06 May 2022
• Publication title: South African Official News

South Africa has recorded 9757 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 818 125.

According to data provided by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), this increase represents a 25.9% positivity rate.

The majority of new cases are from Gauteng, which accounts for 44%, followed by KwaZulu-Natal at 24%.

The Western Cape accounted for 13%; Eastern Cape accounted for 6%; Free State accounted for 5%; Mpumalanga accounted for 3%; North West accounted for 2%; and Limpopo and Northern Cape each accounted for 1% respectively in the new cases.

'The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 25.9% and is higher than yesterday at 22.6%. The 7-day average is 21.9% today, and is higher than yesterday at 20.8%. The 7-day...