# The Covid-19 test positivity rate has dropped below ten-percent, coming in at 8.9-percent yesterday. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases detected two-thousand-782 new cases, of which 916 were recorded in Gauteng. The Western Cape reported 467 new cases, with only 176 people diagnosed in the Free State, 97 in the Eastern Cape and 59 in the Northern Cape. The Department of Health says 14 more people died of the virus, bringing the total fatalities to 95-thousand-776 to date.