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NICD Reports 21 427 New Cases In SA

FILE PHOTO: Beds are seen at a temporary field hospital set up in a sports complex by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

The NICD reports 21,427 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,112,336. This increase represents a 30.3% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 411 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 63,039 to date.

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13 619 638 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
PRIVATE	7 676 720	56%	41 602	59%
PUBLIC	5 942 918	44%	29 195	41%
Total	13 619 638		70 797

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (49%), followed by Western Cape (13%). Limpopo accounted for 9%; KwaZulu-Natal & North West each accounted for 8% respectively; Mpumalanga accounted for 6%; Eastern Cape & Free State each accounted for 3% respectively; 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	New cases on 07 July 2021	Total cases for 07 July 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	682	211,122	10.0
Free State	604	118,022	5.6
Gauteng	10,538	729,398	34.5
KwaZulu-Natal	1,616	363,779	17.2
Limpopo	1,858	85,238	4.0
Mpumalanga	1,218	101,590	4.8
North West	1,774	104,483	4.9
Northern Cape	317	60,767	2.9
Western Cape	2,820	337,937	16.0
Unknown	0	0	0.0
Total	21,427	2,112,336	100.0

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

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

An increase of 827 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	153,015	25,833	9,578
Public	402	165,663	39,146	5,872
TOTAL	659	318,678	64,979	15,450

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