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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Saturday 34 deaths were recorded, which bringing fatalities to 87 001.
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South Africa recorded 1 634 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has said on Saturday.
This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 895 976.
This increase of 1 634 new COVID-19 cases represents a 6.8 % positivity rate.
A further 34 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 87 001 to date.
“The cumulative number of recoveries are 2 758 274.”
The majority of new cases is in KwaZulu-Natal: 350 (21%), followed by Western Cape with 298 new cases (18%), the Northern Cape with 260 (16%), and the Eastern Cape with 232 new cases (14%) provinces.
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17 553 515 tests have been conducted in both the public and private sectors.
Applications are open for the government’s reinstituted R350 social relief of distress grant but do you qualify for the grant?
A Social Relief of Distress Grant of R350 per month as indicated in the Directions is payable for the period indicated therein to a person who is:
Caregivers who are not receiving any grant on their own behalf will also have to apply for the special Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant.
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