SA records over 10 000 new COVID-19 cases

Published date12 May 2022
Publication titleSouth African Official News

South Africa has recorded 10 017 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 862165.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said that this increase represents a 25.3% positivity rate.

'The proportion of positive new cases/total tested today is 25.3%, and is higher than yesterday at 23.0%. The 7-day average is 25.1% today, and is higher than yesterday at 24.7%,' the NICD said on Wednesday.

The majority of new cases are from Gauteng at 39%, followed by KwaZulu-Natal at 21%.

The Western Cape accounted for 17%; Eastern Cape and Free State each accounted for 6% respectively; Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 3% respectively...

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