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NICD Reports 2 970 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

The institute reports 2,970 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,963,394. This increase represents an 11.6% positivity rate.

Today, the NDoH reports 31 deaths and of these 10 deaths occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 101,250 to date. 25,314,119 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	13,800,477	54.5%	11,063	43.1%
Public	11,513,642	45.5%	14,627	56.9%
Total	25,314,119	100.0%	25,690	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (31%), followed by Western Cape (23%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 13%; Eastern Cape accounted for 10%; Free State and North West each accounted for 6% respectively; Mpumalanga accounted for 5%; Northern Cape accounted for 4%; and Limpopo accounted for 2% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 01 June 2022	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 01 June 2022	Incident infections for 02 June 2022	Possible reinfections for 02 June 2022	New cases on 02 June 2022	Total cases for 02 June 2022	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	360,727	0	360,727	262	49	311	361,038	9,1
Free State	213,970	0	213,970	144	25	169	214,139	5,4
Gauteng	1,309,089	0	1,309,089	797	133	930	1,310,019	33,1
KwaZulu-Natal	711,130	0	711,130	339	45	384	711,514	18,0
Limpopo	158,398	0	158,398	50	9	59	158,457	4,0
Mpumalanga	200,003	0	200,003	131	27	158	200,161	5,1
North West	199,988	0	199,988	147	25	172	200,160	5,1
Northern Cape	114,070	0	114,070	103	14	117	114,187	2,9
Western Cape	693,049	0	693,049	573	97	670	693,719	17,5
Total	3,960,424	0	3,960,424	2,546	424	2,970	3,963,394	100,0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 11.6%, and is higher than yesterday (11.3%). The 7-day average is 11.4% today, and is lower than yesterday (11.8%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 80 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	246,618	40,273	1,252
Public	408	287,279	62,947	1,651
TOTAL	670	533,897	103,220	2,903

VACCINE UPDATE
For updates on the national vaccine programme, click here. Thank you for your interest and remember that adhering to the following preventative measures helps to limit your risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19: