South Africa
#CoronavirusSA: 5,486 new cases reported─── 05:41 Mon, 09 May 2022
PHOTO: Charl Devenish
5,486 new cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours.
Gauteng accounts for almost half of those, with 2,213 new infections.
KwaZulu-Natal has reported 1,452 new cases.
#COVID19 UPDATE: 21,692 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs, with 5,486 new cases, which represents a 25.3% positivity rate. Today @HealthZA reports 7 deaths; of which 5 occurred in the past 24–48 hrs. Total fatalities are 100,523 to date: https://t.co/5kONaE7NE5 pic.twitter.com/fxQ7OgK4OF
— NICD (@nicd_sa) May 8, 2022
Sadly, five more people have died.
This brings the total number of Covid-related deaths in South Africa to 100,523.
The positivity rate is at 25.3-percent.
