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NICD Reports 463 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

The institute reports 463 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 996 904. This increase represents a 4.5% positivity rate.

Today, the NDoH reports 9 deaths, and of these, 2 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 101,868 to date.

25,800,310 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

SectorTotal testedNew tested
Private14,042,04054.4%4,92847.6%
Public11,758,27045.6%5,42752.4%
Total25,800,310100.0%10,355100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (44%) followed by KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape (17% each). Eastern Cape accounted for 7%; Mpumalanga accounted for 6%; North West accounted for 3%, Free State accounted for 4%; Limpopo accounted for 1%; and Northern Cape accounted for less than 1% of today’s cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:

ProvinceTotal cases for 06 July 2022Adjusted numbers after harmonisationUpdated total cases on 06 July 2022Incident infections for 07 July 2022Possible reinfections for 07 July 2022New cases on 07 July 2022Total cases for 07 July 2022Percentage total
Eastern Cape3637040363704265313637359,1
Free State2158140215814162182158325,4
Gauteng13221740132217417331204132237833,1
KwaZulu-Natal716041071604164137771611817,9
Limpopo15948501594854261594914,0
Mpumalanga2017990201799226282018275,0
North West2017600201760151162017765,0
Northern Cape11516401151642021151662,9
Western Cape70050007005007298170058117,5
Total399644103996441394694633996904100,0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE

The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is  (4,5%), and is lower than yesterday (4,8%). The 7-day average is (4,2%) today, and is higher than yesterday (4,0%). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has increased.

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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.

SectorFacilities ReportingAdmissions
to Date
Died to DateCurrently Admitted
Private26224936740566536
Public40729006463440679
TOTAL6695394311040061215

VACCINE UPDATE
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