On Wednesday, News24 reported the country saw an additional 516 deaths, bringing the confirmed death toll to 80 469. There were 13 251 new confirmed Covid-19 infections.

According to a statement by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), as of Wednesday, the country recorded 2 722 202 laboratory-confirmed cases.

"The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD)… reports that 13 251 new Covid-19 cases have been identified in South Africa, representing a 20% positivity rate," the statement read.

Gauteng recorded 900 916 confirmed cases as of Wednesday, the Western Cape 473 468 and KwaZulu-Natal 463 483.

"The majority of new cases today (Wednesday) are from KwaZulu-Natal (27%), followed by Western Cape (25%). Eastern Cape accounted for 13%; Gauteng province accounted for 10%; Free State accounted for 7%; Mpumalanga and Northern Cape accounted for 5% each; North West accounted for 4%; and Limpopo province accounted for 2% of today's new cases," said NICD spokesperson, Sinenhlanhla Jimoh.

KwaZulu-Natal recorded 3 627 new cases on Wednesday, the Western Cape 3 338 and the Eastern Cape 1 783.

There was an increase of 606 hospital admissions in the last 24-hour reporting cycle. As of Wednesday, 13 746 people were in both public and private hospitals for Covid-19.

South Africa has conducted 16 162 825 cumulative tests, of which 66 244 were carried out in the last 24 hours.

The recovery rate is 90.9%, which translates to 2 474 245 recoveries.

According to the Department of Health, 11 363 810 vaccine doses have been administered. Of those, 268 712 were administered in the last 24-hour cycle.

To date, 2 719 037 people are fully vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine, while 2 576 48 have been vaccinated with the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

News24