This brings the country’s total infections since the beginning of the pandemic to 3 590 399. The latest increase represents a 10.6% positivity rate.

Gauteng accounts for the majority of new cases, with 1 376 infections picked up on Wednesday.

“The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (30%), followed by Western Cape (14%). KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 13%; Mpumalanga accounted for 11%; Limpopo accounted for 10%; Northwest accounted for 9%; Free State accounted for 6%; Eastern Cape accounted for 5%; and Northern Cape accounted for 2% of today’s new cases,”  the NICD said in a statement.

The National Department of Health has recorded another backlog in Covid-19 deaths.

This is due to the ongoing audit exercise by the department.

It has reported 94 Covid-19 related deaths and of these, 20 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours.

This brings the total fatalities to 94 491.

There has been an increase of 183 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.

A total of 6 035 people are currently admitted in both public and private health facilities.

On the vaccine front, 81 012 vaccines were administered on Wednesday.

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