News24
25 Jun 2021, 00:40 GMT+10
The number of new Covid-19 cases is 16 078, while another 148 people are reported to have died.
Gauteng has been the hardest hit with 9 521 new cases, while the Western Cape had 1 912 new ones.
These details provided by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NCID) on Thursday also indicate the test positivity rate is still at 24.5%.
The NICD reported vaccinations finally crossed the 100 000 mark, with 115 016 reported in the past 24 hours.
There have been 1 877 143 laboratory confirmed cases in South Africa that were detected from 12 769 052 tests.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 607 more hospital admissions as the authorities plead for continued vigilance against contracting the virus.
The Western Cape government, in an effort to bring its own case numbers down, urged people to stay in "bubbles" of limited interactions.
On Friday, the EFF intends marching to the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority to demand a wider selection of vaccines to protect the population against the virus.
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