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NICD Reports 22 910 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

Gauteng healthcare workers screening Alexandra residents for coronavirus (COVID-19) on 31 March 2020 following the roll out of massive community screenings and testing programmes by the provincial executive council. Picture: Ahmed Kajee/EWN.

The NICD reports 22, 910 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2, 135, 246. This increase represents a 30.4% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 460 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 63 499 to date. For more detailed information, visit the GIS Dashboard.

13 694 914 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
PRIVATE	7,717,341	56%	40,621	54%
PUBLIC	5,977,573	44%	34,655	46%
Total	13,694,914		75,276

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

Province	Total cases for 07 July 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 07 July 2021	New cases on 08 July 2021	Total cases for 08 July 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	211122	3	211125	727	211852	9.9
Free State	118022	1	118023	572	118595	5.6
Gauteng	729398	19	729417	11747	741164	34.7
KwaZulu-Natal	363779	-29	363750	1692	365442	17.1
Limpopo	85238	9	85247	2124	87371	4.1
Mpumalanga	101590	-7	101583	1448	103031	4.8
North West	104483	1	104484	1767	106251	5.0
Northern Cape	60767	1	60768	276	61044	2.9
Western Cape	337937	2	337939	2557	340496	15.9
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	2112336	0	2112336	22910	2135246	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has increased.

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 711 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	153, 765	26,000	9,620
Public	402	166, 557	39,345	6, 089
TOTAL	659	320,322	65, 345	15,709

VACCINE UPDATE
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