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NICD Reports 24 270 New COVID-19 Cases

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The NICD reports 24,270 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,019,826. This increase represents a 27.4% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 303 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 61,332 to date. For more detailed information, visit the GIS Dashboard.

13,298,239 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
PRIVATE	7,515,873	57%	43,236	49%
PUBLIC	5,782,366	43%	45,502	51%
Total	13,298,239		88,738

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The Gauteng province accounts for the majority of new cases (59%), followed by the Western Cape (11%), North West and KwaZulu-Natal (7% each) provinces. The following table shows the total number of cases per province:

Province	New cases on 02 July 2021	Total cases for 02 July 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	652	208,262	10.3
Free State	555	115,771	5.7
Gauteng	14,198	676,524	33.5
KwaZulu-Natal	1,676	357,528	17.7
Limpopo	1,417	78,881	3.9
Mpumalanga	1,187	96,935	4.8
North West	1,687	98,809	4.9
Northern Cape	292	59,618	3.0
Western Cape	2,606	327,498	16.2
Unknown	0	0	0.0
Total	24,270	2,019,826	100.0

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

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
An increase of 627 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	147,971	24,771	8,831
Public	401	161,740	38,270	4,920
TOTAL	658	309,711	63,041	13,751

VACCINE UPDATE
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