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NICD Reports 26 485 New COVID-19 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 reports 26,485 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,046,311. This increase represents a 27.3% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 175 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 61,507 to date. For more detailed information, visit the GIS Dashboard.

13,395,135 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
PRIVATE	7,557,531	56%	41,658	43%
PUBLIC	5,837,604	44%	55,238	57%
Total	13,395,135		96,896

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The Gauteng province accounts for the majority of new cases (61%), followed by the Western Cape (11%), and Limpopo (7%) provinces. The following table shows the total number of cases per province:

Province	New cases on 03 July 2021	Total cases for 03 July 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	739	209,002	10.2
Free State	550	116,321	5.7
Gauteng	16,091	692,626	33.8
KwaZulu-Natal	1,473	358,997	17.5
Limpopo	1,780	80,673	3.9
Mpumalanga	1,130	98,060	4.8
North West	1,401	100,195	4.9
Northern Cape	322	59,940	2.9
Western Cape	2,999	330,497	16.2
Unknown	0	0	0.0
Total	26,485	2,046,311	100.0

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

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
An increase of 557 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	149,095	24,983	8,868
Public	402	162,047	38,321	4,978
TOTAL	659	311,142	63,304	13,846

VACCINE UPDATE
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