Acting Minister of Health Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane
•Good morning to everyone who has joined us for this press briefing.
•The COVID-19 situation in our country remains of great concern as the numbers continue to increase at a very rapid rate.
•Inthelast24hours,thereare21584newcases,which is higher than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days measured at 16916 cases.
•Thepositivitytestingratehasalsoincreasedfrom27.6%thepreviousdayto28.4%
.•Gauteng continues to the epicentre of new infections with the number of new cases having risen to 12806 which represents 60% of the total new infections.
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