South Africa detected 1 366 new COVID-19 cases, representing an 8.1% positivity rate, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Monday.
Gauteng remains the worst-hit province after 563 people tested positive, followed by 189 in the Western Cape, 175 in KwaZulu-Natal, 132 in Mpumalanga, while the rest of the provinces recorded less than 100 infections.
This means there are now 3 605 222 confirmed infections since the start of the pandemic.
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#COVID19 UPDATE: 16,930 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs, with 1,366 new cases, representing a 8.1% positivity rate. Today, @HealthZA reports 71 deaths, of which 14 occurred in the past 24-48 hours. Total fatalities are 95,093 to date. More here: https://t.co/5TrxOPNOEv pic.twitter.com/ELfg1zk7WO
— NICD (@nicd_sa) January 31, 2022
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