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NICD Reports 15 501 New COVID-19 Cases

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The NICD reports 15,501 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,090,909. This increase represents a 26.2% positivity rate, which is lower than yesterday (31.6%). As per the National Department of Health, a further 457 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 62,628 to date. For more detailed information, visit the GIS Dashboard.

13 548 841 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	7,635,118	56%	27,382	46%
Public	5,913,723	44%	31,889	54%
Total	13,548,841		59,271

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (59%), followed by Western Cape (10%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 8%; North West accounted for 6%; Mpumalanga accounted for 5%; Eastern Cape and Limpopo each accounted for 4%; Free State accounted for 3%; 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 06 July 2021	Total cases for 06 July 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	575	210,440	10.1
Free State	421	117,415	5.6
Gauteng	9,215	718,846	34.4
KwaZulu-Natal	1,302	362,163	17.3
Limpopo	595	83,384	4.0
Mpumalanga	711	100,368	4.8
North West	986	102,723	4.9
Northern Cape	123	60,454	2.9
Western Cape	1,573	335,116	16.0
Total	15,501	2,090,909	100.0

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

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

An increase of 790 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	151,628	25,529	9,267
Public	402	164,668	38,903	5,728
TOTAL	659	316,296	64,432	14,995

VACCINE UPDATE

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