South Africa conducted 36 216 Coronavirus tests in the last 24 hours, of which 3 197 came back positive, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the country logged 132 deaths, with 23 occurring in the past 24 to 48 hours.
According to the NICD, Gauteng continues to record the highest number of daily infections after 898 people were confirmed to have contracted the virus.
Gauteng is followed by 483 infections in KwaZulu-Natal and 460 in the Western Cape, pushing the positivity rate to 8.8%.
This means the country now has 3 585 888 laboratory-confirmed cases since the outbreak, while the death toll is sitting at 94 397 to date.
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