The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 16,240 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.
The NICD reported 516 more deaths taking South Africa’s death toll 68,192.
According to the NICD, most of the new cases were reported in Gauteng, the Western Cape, and KwaZulu-Natal.
#COVID19 UPDATE: A total of 59,068 tests were conducted in the last 24 hrs, with 16,240 new cases, which represents a 27.5% positivity rate. A further 516 #COVID19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 68,192 to date. Read more: https://t.co/8SkkBCUySC pic.twitter.com/Xa2QNoNEdK
— NICD (@nicd_sa) July 21, 2021
Source: eNCA
In other news – Big blow as Babes Wodumo, Cassper Nyovest, Master KG & these other artists’ music to be taken off-air
Mzansi stars; Babes Wodumo, Cassper Nyovest, Black Coffee, Kelly Khumalo, MasterKG, DJ Maphorisa, and Kaba de Small are some of the artists whose music will be removed from the SABC radio and television stations playlist.
The South African Music Performance Rights Association (Sampra) is going the litigation route after the SABC ignored several letters from the organization to pay royalties to them. Learn More