The NICD reports 109 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 995 400. This increase represents a 3.3% positivity rate.
Today, the NDoH reports 3 deaths, and of these, 2 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 101,815 to date.
25 766 017 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 14,025,798 | 54.4% | 3,220 | 97.4% |
| Public | 11,740,219 | 45.6% | 86 | 2.6% |
| Total | 25,766,017 | 100.0% | 3,306 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (50%) followed by Western Cape (19%). KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 13%; Mpumalanga accounted for 7%; Eastern Cape accounted for 6%; Free State accounted for 4%; North West accounted for 1%; Limpopo and Northern Cape each accounted for 0% of today’s cases.
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 03 July 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 03 July 2022 | Incident infections for 04 July 2022 | Possible reinfections for 04 July 2022 | New cases on 04 July 2022 | Total cases for 04 July 2022 | Percentage total | |
| Eastern Cape | 363629 | 0 | 363629 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 363635 | 9.1 | |
| Free State | 215767 | 0 | 215767 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 215771 | 5.4 | |
| Gauteng | 1321629 | 0 | 1321629 | 48 | 7 | 55 | 1321684 | 33.1 | |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 715872 | 0 | 715872 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 715886 | 17.9 | |
| Limpopo | 159466 | 0 | 159466 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159466 | 4.0 | |
| Mpumalanga | 201742 | 0 | 201742 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 201750 | 5.0 | |
| North West | 201716 | 0 | 201716 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 201717 | 5.0 | |
| Northern Cape | 115157 | 0 | 115157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115157 | 2.9 | |
| Western Cape | 700313 | 0 | 700313 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 700334 | 17.5 | |
| Total | 3995291 | 0 | 3995291 | 96 | 13 | 109 | 3995400 | 100.0 | |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (3,3%), and is higher than yesterday (3,1%). The 7-day average is (3,9%) today, and is the same as yesterday (3,9%). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 7 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours. The following table is a summary of reported COVID-19 admissions by sector.
| Sector | Facilities Reporting | Admissions to Date | Died to Date | Currently Admitted |
| Private | 262 | 249210 | 40539 | 552 |
| Public | 407 | 289885 | 63400 | 750 |
| TOTAL | 669 | 539095 | 103939 | 1302 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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