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JOHANNESBURG - The National Institute for Communicable Diseases reported 1,931 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.
Less than a thousand new cases were reported in each province.
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Gauteng recorded 494 new cases followed by the Western Cape with 386.
The positivity rate is at 8.6 percent.
A further 17 deaths have been reported, taking the death toll to nearly 95,000.
#COVID19 UPDATE: 22,567 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs, with 1,931 new cases, representing an 8.6% positivity rate. 17 #COVID19 related deaths have been reported in the last 24-48hrs, total fatalities amount to 94,177 to date. See more here: https://t.co/lXn8cNWn0o pic.twitter.com/hfROwGlU8L
— NICD (@nicd_sa) January 23, 2022
