South Africa
New #Covid19 cases rise by over 7 000, 25 new deaths─── 08:31 Wed, 29 Dec 2021
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The number of Covid-19 cases in South Africa now stands at 3 424 534.
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases said on Tuesday evening that 7 216 new coronavirus cases had been recorded since its previous report.
This represents a 23.6% positivity rate.
The majority of new cases are from KwaZulu-Natal (28%), followed by the Western Cape (25%), while Gauteng accounted for 22% of new infections.
The death toll has climbed to 90 854, with 25 new deaths reported.
There has been an increase of 286 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.
The country's recovery rate currently stands at 91.5%, with just under 200 000 active cases.
Over 50 000 vaccines were administered over the last 24 hours.
