South Africa has conducted 35 067 COVID-19 tests in the last 24 hours, with 3 085 new cases, representing an 8.8% positivity rate.
According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), the majority of new cases continue to be recorded in Gauteng after 1 001 people tested positive, followed by 419 infections in KwaZulu-Natal and 427 in the Western Cape.
This means the country now has 3 608 307 laboratory-confirmed cases since the outbreak.
In addition, the death toll stands at 95 288 after 195 fatalities were logged, of which 23 occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours.
Meanwhile, the number of hospital admissions jumped by 103 on Tuesday to 5 194.
According to the Department of Health, government has administered 29 957 898 vaccine doses, of which 69 268 were given on Monday.
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