The daily number of people hospitalized in South Africa with Covid-19 more than doubled on Tuesday from the previous day.
According to the National Institute for infectious diseases 383 people have been hospitalized with diseases in the last 24 hours compared to 175 in the previous period.
Of the 13,147 new cases recorded 64% were in Gauteng, provinces covering Johannesburg and Pretoria, compared with 70% of 6,381 cases the day before, according to statements from NiCD.
The test level of the test was 24.9% on Tuesday, down from 26.4% the day before. During 24 hours 27 deaths because Covid-19 was recorded, taking the number of confirmed deaths in the country since the pandemic began at 90.002.