The the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said on Friday, 384 more deaths were recorded, which brings the total of deaths to 76 631 to date.
South Africa recorded 13 921 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has said on Friday.
This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 582 427.
This increase of 13 921 new COVID-19 cases represents a 23 % positivity rate.
A further 384 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 76 631 to date.
“The cumulative number of recoveries is 2 355 254.”
A total of 594 hospital admissions has been reported in the past 24 hours.
The Western Cape province is still in the lead with the majority of new cases: 3 918 (28%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 3 359 new cases (24%) and Gauteng with 2 027 new cases (15%) provinces.
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15 487 205 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors.
Applications are now 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:
Care givers 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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