Covid-19 update: Gauteng continues to record majority of new cases
The national Department of Health reported 257 deaths and of these, three occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours.
Picture File: Limpopo health department screens travellers to Limpopo ahead of the national lockdown at the Mantsole Weighbridge on March 25, 2020 in Polokwane, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images/Alet Pretorius)
As of Monday, 14 February, the cumulative number of detected Covid-19 cases in South Africa stood at 3,642,925 with 1,094 new cases identified, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) confirmed.
This increase represented a 6.9% positivity rate.
Gauteng continued to record the majority of new cases nationally at 482 (44%). On Sunday, the number of new cases in the province was 572 (35%).
The national Department of Health reported 257 deaths and of these, three occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 97,250 to date.
Covid-19 Provincial Breakdown
- Gauteng 44%
- Western Cape 16%
- KwaZulu-Natal 13%
- Mpumalanga 10%
- North West 6%
- Free State 4%
- Limpopo 4%
- Eastern Cape 3%
- Northern Cape 1%
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested on Monday was is 6.9%, which is lower than Sunday (8.1%). The seven-day average was 8.2%, which is lower than Sunday (8.3%).
In terms of hospital admissions, there was an increase of 47 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.
