SA records 8,800 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, with 5,100 in Gauteng Gauteng accounted for more than half (58%) of all the new cases recorded in the past 24 hours, says the NICD 09 June 2021 - 21:37 By TimesLIVE SA recorded 8,881 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, with 5,100 of them in Gauteng. Image: KATERYNA KON/123RF SA recorded 8,881 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the highest number of new daily infections since January 23 when more than 12,000 were recorded. Figures released by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) showed that Gauteng bore the brunt of the new infections, accounting for 58% of the cases recorded in the past day.