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NICD Reports 12 513 New Cases

Today the NICD reported 12,513 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,075,409. This increase represents a 31.6% positivity rate, which is higher than yesterday (30.2%). As per the National Department of Health, a further 331 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 62,171 to date. For more detailed information, visit the GIS Dashboard.

13 489 570 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	7,607,736	56%	19,453	49%
Public	5,881,834	44%	20,103	51%
Total	13,489,570		39,556

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (60%), followed by WC (10%). Limpopo accounted for 7%; Kwa-Zulu Nata accounted for 6%; North West and Mpumalanga each accounted for 5%; Eastern Cape accounted for 3%; Free State accounted for 2%; and Northern Cape accounted for 1% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown below:

Province	New cases on 5 July 2021	Total cases for 5 July 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	399	209,861	10.1
Free State	295	116,994	5.6
Gauteng	7,543	709,628	34.2
KwaZulu-Natal	702	360,866	17.4
Limpopo	866	82,785	4.0
Mpumalanga	636	99,664	4.8
North West	651	101,736	4.9
Northern Cape	160	60,333	2.9
Western Cape	1,261	333,542	16.1
Total	12,513	2,075,409	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

An increase of 566 hospital admissions have been reported in the past 24 hours. The following is a list of COVID-19 hospital admissions that have been reported:

Sector	Facilities Reporting	Admissions to Date	Died to Date	Currently Admitted
Private	257	150,716	25,383	9,052
Public	402	163.239	38,629	5,313
TOTAL	659	313,955	64,012	14,365

VACCINE UPDATE

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