GAUTENG accounted for 605 of the 868 new COVID-19 infections that were recorded on Tuesday.
This comes as the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) flagged a peak in the seven-day moving average in new COVID-19 cases in the province.
According to the NICD, the second hardest-hit province is the Western Cape with 52 cases, followed by 47 in Mpumalanga and 43 in the North West.
The increase represents a 2.1% positivity rate, pushing the total of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 948 760 since the outbreak.
As of Tuesday, the rapid antigen tests have been included in the country’s official COVID-19 statistics.
The NICD and National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) have optimised the systems to “accurately” reflect these reports, the statement read.
“The increase in cumulative cases in today’s report is attributed to the retrospective addition of 18 586 antigen tests that include the reporting of 868 positive cases recorded
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