South Africa records just two Covid-19 deaths and 106 cases in 24 hours

There were 454 new Covid-19 cases and 50 deaths recorded in South Africa in the past 24 hours, the NICD said on Tuesday.
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There were just 106 new Covid-19 cases recorded across South Africa in the past 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said on Monday.

The new cases came at a positivity rate — the number of positive results against the number of tests taken in the same period — of just 0.8%.

The NICD added that there were, according to the latest health department figures, just two Covid-19 related deaths recorded in the past day.

This means that there have been 2,922,222 total cases recorded across South Africa to date, and 89,179 confirmed fatalities.

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