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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Sunday 134 deaths were recorded, which brings the fatalities to 81 595 to date.
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South Africa recorded 7 740 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has said on Sunday.
This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 764 931.
This increase of 7 740 new COVID-19 cases represents a 17.0 % positivity rate.
A further 134 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 81 595 to date.
“The cumulative number of recoveries is 2 526 199”
KwaZulu-Natal is still in the lead with the majority of new cases: 2 206 (29%), followed by Western Cape with 1 670 new cases (22%), the Eastern Cape with 1 169 (15%) and then Gauteng with 639 new cases (8%) provinces.
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16 393 971 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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