That’s according to the latest statistics released by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases on Sunday that shows a total of 16 585 new Covid-19 cases were recorded over the latest 24-hour period.

This brings the country’s total identified cases to 2,062,896.

Gauteng is still a leading province with the majority of cases, and accounts for 57% of the country’s total infections.

The province recorded 9 443 new cases.

The country recorded 333 new related fatalities, with the national Covid-19 related death toll edged at 61 840.

There has been an increase of 384 new hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.

Jacaranda News