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NICD Reports 12 537 New COVID-19 Cases

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The NICD reports 12 537 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 219 316. This increase represents a 24.2% positivity rate.

As per the National Department of Health, a further 633 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 65 142 to date.

13 989 268 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.


Sector	Total tested	New tested
PRIVATE	7 855 370	56%	20,107	39%
PUBLIC	6 133 898	44%	31,691	61%
Total	13 989 268		51,798

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (50%), followed by Western Cape (14%). KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and North West accounted for 7%; Mpumalanga and Eastern Cape accounted for 5% each; Free State accounted for 4%; and Northern Cape accounted for 1% of today’s new cases.

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

Province	Total cases for 12 July 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 12 July 2021	New cases on 13 July 2021	Total cases for 13 July 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	214 259	1	214 260	611	214 871	9.7
Free State	120 339	1	120 340	446	120 786	5.4
Gauteng	777 814	18	777 832	6 316	784 148	35.3
KwaZulu-Natal	371 527	6	371 533	873	372 406	16.8
Limpopo	93 459	-2	93 457	903	94 360	4.3
Mpumalanga	107 467	9	107 476	638	108 114	4.9
North West	110 618	-36	110 582	911	111 493	5.0
Northern Cape	61 914	2	61 916	126	62 042	2.8
Western Cape	349 384	-1	349 383	1 713	351 096	15.8
Total	2 206 781	-2	2 206 779	12 537	2 219 316	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n= 12 537) is higher than yesterday (n= 11 182) but lower than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n=18 344).

The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 619 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	257	159 204	27 153	10 096
Public	407	170 787	40 350	7 061
TOTAL	664	329 991	67 503	17 157

VACCINE UPDATE
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Thank you for your interest and remember that adhering to preventative measures limits your risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19. For more information on COVID-19, click here.