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NICD Reports 16 585 New COVID Cases

Deputy Minister Thembi Siweya visits Transnet School of Rail Esselen Park, Quarantine site for Covid 19. Photo GCIS

The NICD reports 16,585 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,062,896. This increase represents a 30.2% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 333 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 61,840 to date. For more detailed information, visit the GIS Dashboard.

13,450,014 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
PRIVATE	7,588,283	56%	30,752	56%
PUBLIC	5,861,731	44%	24,127	44%
Total	13,450,014		54,879

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The Gauteng province accounts for the majority of new cases (57%), followed by the Western Cape (11%), and the KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo (7% each) provinces. The following table shows the total number of cases per province:

Province	New cases on 04 July 2021	Total cases for 04 July 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	458	209,462	10.2
Free State	378	116,698	5.7
Gauteng	9,443	702,083	34.0
KwaZulu-Natal	1,166	360,163	17.5
Limpopo	1,230	81,909	4.0
Mpumalanga	968	99,032	4.8
North West	926	101,096	4.9
Northern Cape	232	60,172	2.9
Western Cape	1,784	332,281	16.1
Unknown	0	0	0.0
Total	16,585	2,062,896	100.0

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

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
An increase of 384 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	149,672	25,123	8,853
Public	402	162,347	38,383	5,119
TOTAL	659	312,019	63,506	13,972

VACCINE UPDATE
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