The institute reports 318 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 4 004 201.
Today, the NDoH reports 10 deaths, and of these, 0 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 101,977 to date.
25 965 029 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 14,126,218 | 54.4% | 3,845 | 56.8% |
| Public | 11,838,811 | 45.6% | 2,927 | 43.2% |
| Total | 25,965,029 | 100.0% | 6,772 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
| Province | Total cases for 27 July 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 27 July 2022 | Incident infections for 28 July 2022 | Possible reinfections for 28 July 2022 | New cases on 28 July 2022 | Total cases for 28 July 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 364159 | 0 | 364159 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 364175 | 9.1 |
| Free State | 216064 | 0 | 216064 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 216080 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1325321 | 0 | 1325321 | 106 | 25 | 131 | 1325452 | 33.1 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 717061 | 0 | 717061 | 32 | 5 | 37 | 717098 | 17.9 |
| Limpopo | 159665 | 0 | 159665 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 159673 | 4.0 |
| Mpumalanga | 202207 | 0 | 202207 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 202231 | 5.1 |
| North West | 202031 | 0 | 202031 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 202035 | 5.0 |
| Northern Cape | 115295 | 0 | 115295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115295 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 702080 | 0 | 702080 | 67 | 15 | 82 | 702162 | 17.5 |
| Total | 4003883 | 0 | 4003883 | 264 | 54 | 318 | 4004201 | 100.0 |
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 16 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 | 250166 | 207041 | 492 |
| Public | 407 | 290596 | 213306 | 523 |
| TOTAL | 669 | 540762 | 104141 | 1015 |
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