SA confirms a little over 400 new Covid-19 cases

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NICD has reported 429 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking total number of cases to 2 906 851.

As per the National Department of Health, a further 39 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 87 819 to date.

17 800 434 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

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The majority of new cases today are from Western Cape (22%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (21%)

Gauteng Province accounted for 19%; Free State accounted for 10%; Eastern Cape accounted for 9%; North West accounted for 8%; Northern Cape accounted for 7%; Mpumalanga accounted for 3%; and Limpopo accounted for 2% of today’s new cases.  The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 03 October 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 03 October 2021	New cases on 04 October 2021	Total cases for 04 October 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	290898	0	290898	40	290938	10.0
Free State	161722	0	161722	41	161763	5.6
Gauteng	916848	0	916848	82	916930	31.5
KwaZulu-Natal	512549	0	512549	90	512639	17.6
Limpopo	121899	0	121899	7	121906	4.2
Mpumalanga	151076	0	151076	14	151090	5.2
North West	149682	0	149682	33	149715	5.2
Northern Cape	91094	0	91094	29	91123	3.1
Western Cape	510654	0	510654	93	510747	17.6
Total	2906422	0	2906422	429	2906851	100.0