Africa-Press – South-Africa. South Africa recorded 828 new Covid-19 infections on Sunday, which represented a 5.3% positivity rate.
No new Covid-19 deaths were reported in the last 48 hours, and the death toll remained at 100 096.
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Most new cases were recorded in Gauteng.
Gauteng recorded 370 new cases on Sunday, the Western Cape 205 and KwaZulu-Natal 172.
According to a statement by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), as of Sunday, the country recorded 3 732 075 laboratory-confirmed cases. Gauteng is the most impacted with 1 214 732 cases, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 663 265 and the Western Cape with 653 596.
There were 13 new hospital admissions in the last 24-hour reporting cycle. As of Sunday, 2 113 people were in hospital for Covid-19.
South Africa conducted 24 060 151 tests, of which 15 739 were carried out in the last 24-hour cycle.
According to the Department of Health, 34 146 981 vaccine doses have been administered. Of those, 5 845 were administered on Sunday.
To date, 17 639 519 adults are fully vaccinated. Among children aged 12 and older, 2 014 834 doses of vaccine have been administered.
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