The institute reports 443 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 993 444. This increase represents a 3.9% positivity rate.
Today, the NDoH reports 19 deaths, and of these, 2 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 101,764 to date.
25 720 034 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 14,001,793 | 54.4% | 5,751 | 50.8% |
| Public | 11,718,241 | 45.6% | 5,563 | 49.2% |
| Total | 25,720,034 | 100.0% | 11,314 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (37%) followed by Western Cape (19%). KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 15%; Eastern Cape accounted for 10%; Free State accounted for 5% ; Mpumalanga and North West accounted for 4% each respectively; Northern Cape and Limpopo each 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 28 June 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 28 June 2022 | Incident infections for 29 June 2022 | Possible reinfections for 29 June 2022 | New cases on 29 June 2022 | Total cases for 29 June 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 363,461 | 1 | 363,462 | 34 | 10 | 44 | 363,506 | 9,1 |
| Free State | 215,679 | 0 | 215,679 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 215,702 | 5,4 |
| Gauteng | 1,320,665 | 0 | 1,320,665 | 143 | 20 | 163 | 1,320,828 | 33,1 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 715,544 | -4 | 715,540 | 59 | 6 | 65 | 715,605 | 17,9 |
| Limpopo | 159,396 | 0 | 159,396 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 159,411 | 4,0 |
| Mpumalanga | 201,621 | 0 | 201,621 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 201,640 | 5,0 |
| North West | 201,622 | 0 | 201,622 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 201,641 | 5,0 |
| Northern Cape | 115,095 | -1 | 115,094 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 115,107 | 2,9 |
| Western Cape | 699,921 | 1 | 699,922 | 67 | 15 | 82 | 700,004 | 17,5 |
| Total | 3,993,004 | -3 | 3,993,001 | 375 | 68 | 443 | 3,993,444 | 100,0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (3.9%), and is higher than yesterday (3.3%). The 7-day average is (5.1%) today, and is lower than yesterday (5.3%)
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 18 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 | 249,080 | 40,520 | 669 |
| Public | 407 | 289,732 | 63,368 | 835 |
| TOTAL | 669 | 538,812 | 103,888 | 1,509 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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