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By IOL Reporter 
13h ago
Durban – South Africa has recorded 1,960 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 to 646,398.
On Friday, the Health Ministry announced that 113 more people had died from Covid-19-related illnesses. The total death count from Covid-19 is now 15,378.
“Sadly, we reported 113 more Covid-19 related deaths: 19 from KwaZulu-Natal, 19 from Gauteng, 16 from the Eastern Cape, 2 from the Free State, 18 from the Western Cape, 24 from Mpumalanga, and 15 from the Northern Cape. Our recoveries are now 574,587, which translates into a recovery rate of 88.9%, ”the ministry said.
The total number of tests performed to date is 3,884,166 with 20,713 new tests performed since the last report.
According to a weekly surveillance report from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, in the period from March 1, 2020 to September 5, 2020, 3,335,910 laboratory tests for SARS-CoV-2 were conducted nationwide. .
The report noted that the Northern Cape (336 per 100,000 people) and Free State (283 per 100,000 people) provinces had the highest testing rates in the past week, although all provinces have shown reduced testing rates in the past week. last weeks.
“The percentage of positive tests has been decreasing from the peak of 31.4% in week 29, and continued to decrease to 12.7% in week 36. The percentages of positive tests were ≥20% in Northern Cape and Free State , between 10-19% in North West, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Eastern Cape, and <10% in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape provinces in the last week, "the report said.
Test volumes have continued to decline since week 29, with 85,472 tests performed in week 36. All tests from samples collected in the previous week may not yet be reflected. Reduced test volumes were observed during weekends and holidays.
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