NICD reports 136 new Covid-19 cases

South Africa recorded 136 new Covid-19 cases and five deaths on Monday, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said.

“Today the institute reports 136 new Covid-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,926,075. This increase represents a 0.9 percent positivity rate.

“As per the National Department of Health, a further five Covid-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89,489 to date.

“A total of 18,933,156 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors,” the NICD said.

The organisation says the majority of new cases today are from Gauteng, which accounts for 43 percent of cases, followed by Western Cape, which accounts for 16 percent of new cases. KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 13 percent; Northern Cape and North West each accounted for 7 percent; Mpumalanga accounted for 6 percent; Eastern Cape accounted for 5 percent; Free State accounted for 4 percent of Monday’s new cases.