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NICD Reports 2 093 COVID-19 Cases In SA

The institute reports 2,093 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 973 086. This increase represents an 8.8% positivity rate.

Today, the NDoH reports 27 deaths, and of these, 8 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 101,424 to date.

25 424 031 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	13,855,929	54.5%	11,750	49.3%
Public	11,568,102	45.5%	12,064	50.7%
Total	25,424,031	100.0%	23,814	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (32%) followed by Western Cape (23%) . Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 11% each respectively; Free State accounted for 7%; Mpumalanga accounted for 5% . Northern Cape and North West accounted for 4% each respectively and Limpopo accounted for 3% of today’s cases.

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

Province	Total cases for 07 June 2022	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 07 June 2022	Incident infections for 08 June 2022	Possible reinfections for 08 June 2022	New cases on 08 June 2022	Total cases for 08 June 2022	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	361,764	1	361,765	190	41	231	361,996	9,1
Free State	214,583	4	214,587	131	18	149	214,736	5,4
Gauteng	1,312,517	2	1,312,519	556	104	660	1,313,179	33,1
KwaZulu-Natal	712,552	-10	712,542	211	29	240	712,782	17,9
Limpopo	158,596	0	158,596	49	4	53	158,649	4,0
Mpumalanga	200,527	0	200,527	100	14	114	200,641	5,1
North West	200,517	2	200,519	80	8	88	200,607	5,0
Northern Cape	114,474	0	114,474	64	13	77	114,551	2,9
Western Cape	695,463	1	695,464	392	89	481	695,945	17,5
Total	3,970,993	0	3,970,993	1,773	320	2,093	3,973,086	100,0

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

The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 8.8 %, and is unchanged from yesterday’s (8.8%). The 7-day average is 9.1% today, and is lower than yesterday (9.4%)

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

There has been an increase of 85 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	262	247,332	40,351	1,059
Public	408	288,078	63,071	1,226
TOTAL	670	535,410	103,422	2,285