South Africa’s health department has recorded 12 979 new Covid-19 cases and a further 126 Covid-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours. Majority of new cases are from KwaZulu-Natal with 27% followed by the Western Cape with 26% and Gauteng accounting for 17%. There has been an increase of 472 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours. The country’s recovery rate currently stands at 91.7 percent.
