The institute reports 399 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 993 843. This increase represents a 3.6% positivity rate.
Today, the NDoH reports 29 deaths, and of these, 9 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 101,793 to date.
25 731 148 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 14,007,254 | 54.4% | 5,461 | 49.1% |
| Public | 11,723,894 | 45.6% | 5,653 | 50.9% |
| Total | 25,731,148 | 100.0% | 11,114 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (39%) followed by Western Cape (22%). KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 12%; Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga each accounted for 6% respectively; Free State and Limpopo each accounted for 5% respectively; Northern Cape accounted for 4%; and North West accounted for 3% of today’s cases respectively.
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 29 June 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 29 June 2022 | Incident infections for 30 June 2022 | Possible reinfections for 30 June 2022 | New cases on 30 June 2022 | Total cases for 30 June 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 363,506 | 0 | 363,506 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 363,529 | 9.1 |
| Free State | 215,702 | 0 | 215,702 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 215,721 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1,320,828 | 0 | 1,320,828 | 137 | 17 | 154 | 1,320,982 | 33.1 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 715,605 | 0 | 715,605 | 39 | 8 | 47 | 715,652 | 17.9 |
| Limpopo | 159,411 | 0 | 159,411 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 159,429 | 4.0 |
| Mpumalanga | 201,640 | 0 | 201,640 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 201,665 | 5.0 |
| North West | 201,641 | 0 | 201,641 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 201,653 | 5.0 |
| Northern Cape | 115,107 | 0 | 115,107 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 115,122 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 700,004 | 0 | 700,004 | 67 | 19 | 86 | 700,090 | 17.5 |
| Total | 3,993,444 | 0 | 3,993,444 | 335 | 64 | 399 | 3,993,843 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (3.6%), and is lower than yesterday (3.9%). The 7-day average is (4,8%) today, and is lower than yesterday (5.1%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 12 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 | 249,104 | 40,525 | 627 |
| Public | 407 | 289,778 | 63,379 | 816 |
| TOTAL | 669 | 538,882 | 103,904 | 1,443 |
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