SA reports 7 523 new COVID-19 cases

Published date11 May 2022
Publication titleSouth African Official News

South Africa has recorded 7 523 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 852 148.

This increase represents a 23.0% positivity rate.

'Today, the National Department of Health (NDoH) reports 26 deaths and of these, eight occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 100 559 to date,' the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Tuesday.

The majority of new cases are from Gauteng (38%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (24%). The Western Cape accounted for 17%; Eastern Cape 8%; Free State 5%; North West 4%; Mpumalanga 3%...

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