SA records 6,527 new Covid-19 cases

This increase represents an 21.5% positivity rate.
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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says 6,527 new Covid-19 cases have been identified in SA.

This increase represents a 21.5% positivity rate.

The majority of new cases are from Gauteng (43%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (26%).

The Western Cape accounted for 14%; the Eastern Cape 5%; the Free State 4%; Mpumalanga 3%; North West and Northern Cape each 2% and Limpopo accounted for 1% of the new cases.

There has been an increase of 54 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.

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