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NICD Reports 397 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

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The institute reports 397 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,998,863. The NDoH reports 12 deaths, of which 3 occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 101,907 to date.

25,850,009 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	14,067,117	54.4%	4,943	46.6%
Public	11,782,892	45.6%	5,674	53.4%
Total	25,850,009	100.0%	10,617	100.0%

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

Province	Total cases for 12 July 2022	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 12 July 2022	Incident infections for 13 July 2022	Possible reinfections for 13 July 2022	New cases on 13 July 2022	Total cases for 13 July 2022	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	363,841	0	363,841	31	2	33	363,874	9,1
Free State	215,906	0	215,906	13	2	15	215,921	5,4
Gauteng	1,323,107	0	1,323,107	110	13	123	1,323,230	33,1
KwaZulu-Natal	716,339	0	716,339	47	6	53	716,392	17,9
Limpopo	159,525	0	159,525	15	2	17	159,542	4,0
Mpumalanga	201,901	0	201,901	24	4	28	201,929	5,0
North West	201,850	0	201,850	19	4	23	201,873	5,0
Northern Cape	115,184	0	115,184	9	2	11	115,195	2,9
Western Cape	700,813	0	700,813	82	12	94	700,907	17,5
Total	3,998,466	0	3,998,466	350	47	397	3,998,863	100,0

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 10 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	249,595	40,585	513
Public	407	290,262	63,471	601
TOTAL	669	539,857	104,056	1,114