File: A healthcare worker prepares to conduct a PCR COVID-19 test. AFP/Emmanuel Croset
JOHANNESBURG - The number of new COVID-19 infections is sitting on 2,334.
Gauteng is leading with 906 new infections.
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This is followed by KwaZulu Natal and the Western Cape with just over 350 new infections respectively.
The North West recorded 189 infections and Mpumalanga has 174 cases.
One person has died due to COVID-19 related complications in the last 24 hours
The positivity rate stands at 7.3 percent.
#COVID19 UPDATE: 31,774 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs, with 2,334 new cases, which represents a 7.3% positivity rate. Today @HealthZA reports 64 deaths; of which 1 occurred in the past 24–48 hrs. Total fatalities are 98,868 to date. See more: https://t.co/FMgs0hagHD pic.twitter.com/VDBbh46ypA
— NICD (@nicd_sa) February 22, 2022
