A total of 12,408 people are currently receiving treatment in both public and private facilities around the country.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported 9,544 new Covid-19 cases in its latest report, released on Wednesday evening.

This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,787,203.

The institute says the latest increase represents a 15.6% positivity rate.

"The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal (28%), followed by Western Cape (21%). Eastern Cape accounted for 15%; Free State accounted for 10%; Gauteng Province accounted for 9%; Northern Cape accounted for 6%; Mpumalanga accounted for 5%; North West accounted for 4%; and Limpopo Province accounted for 2% of today’s new cases," said the NICD.

According to the NICD's National Covid-19 Daily report, the incidence of new cases on 1 September 2021 per 100 000 people is the highest in the Free State (32,9) and the Northern Cape (44,5). The incidence rates in the other provinces were Eastern Cape (20,7), Gauteng (5,4), KwaZulu-Natal (23,2), Limpopo (3,4), Mpumalanga (9,3), North West (10), and the Western Cape (29,2) in third place.

A further 235 Covid-related deaths have been reported, bringing the total number of fatalities to 82,496.

KwaZulu-Natal remains the epicentre with 2,681 cases reported on Wednesday.

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