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NICD Reports 12 528 New COVID-19 Cases

FILE PHOTO: Beds are seen at a temporary field hospital set up in a sports complex by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

The NICD reports 12 528 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 447 454. This increase represents a 22.3% positivity rate.

As per the National Department of Health, a further 334 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 72 013 to date.

14 862 859 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	8 272 858	56%	25 319	45%
Public	6 590 001	44%	30 924	55%
Total	14 862 859		56 243

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Western Cape (27%), followed by Gauteng (22%). KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 18%; Mpumalanga accounted for 8%; Eastern Cape accounted for 7%; North West accounted for 6%; with Free State, Limpopo and Northern Cape each accounting for 4% of today’s new cases

The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 30 July 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 30 July 2021	New cases on 31 July 2021	Total cases for 31 July 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	227455	-9	227446	845	228291	9,3
Free State	128684	2	128686	515	129201	5,3
Gauteng	858873	-97	858776	2763	861539	35,2
KwaZulu-Natal	393283	-11	393272	2289	395561	16,2
Limpopo	110978	-28	110950	487	111437	4,6
Mpumalanga	124131	8	124139	1025	125164	5,1
North West	127410	26	127436	718	128154	5,2
Northern Cape	67024	-3	67021	473	67494	2,8
Western Cape	397198	2	397200	3413	400613	16,4
Total	2435036	-110	2434926	12528	2447454	100,0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n= 12 528) is lower than yesterday (n= 13 025) but higher than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n= 11 404). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

There has been an increase of 348 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours, a decrease from yesterday’s new hospital admissions. 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	257	174 805	31 103	8 251
Public	412	190 200	45 746	7 672
TOTAL	669	365 005	76 849	15 923