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NICD Reports 291 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

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The institute reports 291 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,986,892. This increase represents a 4.1% positivity rate.

Today, the NDoH reports 16 deaths and of these 3 deaths occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 101,620 to date. 25,604,409 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	13,942,845	54.5%	4,315	60.2%
Public	11,661,564	45.5%	2,852	39.8%
Total	25,604,409	100.0%	7,167	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (40%), followed by Western Cape (15%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 13%; North West accounted for 11%; Free State accounted for 8%; Eastern Cape accounted for 5%; Mpumalanga accounted for 4%; Northern Cape accounted for 2%; and Limpopo accounted for 1% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 19 June 2022	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 19 June 2022	Incident infections for 19 June 2022	Possible reinfections for 19 June 2022	New cases on 20 June 2022	Total cases for 20 June 2022	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	363,031	0	363,031	15	1	16	363,047	9.1
Free State	215,412	0	215,412	19	3	22	215,434	5.4
Gauteng	1,318,068	0	1,318,068	107	9	116	1,318,184	33.1
KwaZulu-Natal	714,632	0	714,632	37	2	39	714,671	17.9
Limpopo	159,098	0	159,098	4	0	4	159,102	4.0
Mpumalanga	201,293	0	201,293	11	0	11	201,304	5.0
North West	201,311	0	201,311	31	2	33	201,344	5.1
Northern Cape	114,958	0	114,958	6	1	7	114,965	2.9
Western Cape	698,798	0	698,798	35	8	43	698,841	17.5
Total	3,986,601	0	3,986,601	265	26	291	3,986,892	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 4.1%, and is lower than yesterday (7.1%). The 7-day average is 7.9% today, and is lower than yesterday (8.1%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 31 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	262	248,425	40,466	789
Public	407	289,202	63,232	1,087
TOTAL	669	537,627	103,698	1,876

VACCINE UPDATE
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