South Africa has recorded 12 771 new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 734 973. This increase represents a 19.3% positivity rate.
The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal (28%), followed by the Western Cape (24%).
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has also reported a further 357 COVID-19 related deaths, bringing total fatalities to 80 826 to date.
The latest coronavirus statistics:
According to the NICD, the 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.
There has been an increase of 495 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.
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