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NICD Reports 21 610 New Cases

An ambulance is parked near tents erected at the parking lot of the Steven Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, January 11, 2021.

The NICD institute reports 21 610 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 179 297. This increase represents a 28% positivity rate.

As per the National Department of Health, a further 265 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 64 138 to date.

13 848 194 tests have been conducted in both the Public and Private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
PRIVATE	7,790,503	56%	37,278	48%
PUBLIC	6,057,691	44%	39,839	52%
Total	13,848,194		77,117

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
Today, Gauteng accounts for 50% of new cases, with the Western Cape accounting for 11%. Limpopo accounted for 10% of new cases, while KwaZulu Natal accounted for 9%. North West accounted for 7%, Mpumalanga for 6%, the Eastern Cape and Free State each accounted for 3%, and the Northern Cape accounted for 1% of today’s new cases.

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

Province	Total cases for 09 July 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 09 July 2021	New cases on 10 July 2021	Total cases for 10 July 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	212547	0	212547	719	213266	9.8
Free State	119137	-1	119136	583	119719	5.5
Gauteng	752854	29	752883	10770	763653	35.0
KwaZulu-Natal	367138	-4	367134	1841	368975	16.9
Limpopo	89042	14	89056	2187	91243	4.2
Mpumalanga	104245	-9	104236	1285	105521	4.8
North West	107681	-33	107648	1451	109099	5.0
Northern Cape	61319	3	61322	297	61619	2.8
Western Cape	343724	1	343725	2477	346202	15.9
Total	2157687	0	2157687	21610	2179297	100.0

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

7-day moving average number of new cases by province and date of reporting, 12 April 2020 to date, South Africa

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

There has been an increase of 580 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	257	156 329	26 497	9 823
Public	403	168 271	39 714	6 493
TOTAL	660	324 600	66 211	16 316

VACCINE UPDATE
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