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SA Reported 7 209 New COVID-19 Cases

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The NICD reported 7,209 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,302,304. This increase represents a 27.3% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 221 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 67,080 to date.

14,269,993 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	7,995,067	56%	12,360	47%
Public	6,274,926	44%	14,047	53%
Total	14,269,993		26,407

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (36%), followed by the Western Cape (17%). Mpumalanga accounted for 10%; KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 9%; and the Eastern Cape, Limpopo and North West provinces each accounted for 7%; the Free State accounted for 4%; and the Northern Cape accounted for 2% of today’s new. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 18 July 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 18 July 2021	New cases on 19 July 2021	Total cases for 19 July 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	218,521	-1	218,520	537	219,057	9.5
Free State	123,111	0	123,111	301	123,412	5.4
Gauteng	816,240	2	816,242	2,617	818,859	35.6
KwaZulu-Natal	375,761	0	375,761	637	376,398	16.3
Limpopo	101,960	3	101,963	488	102,451	4.4
Mpumalanga	113,945	-5	113,940	727	114,667	5.0
North West	117,530	4	117,534	497	118,031	5.1
Northern Cape	63,416	-5	63,411	171	63,582	2.8
Western Cape	364,611	2	364,613	1,234	365,847	15.9
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	2,295,095	0	2,295,095	7,209	2,302,304	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n= 7 209) is lower than yesterday (n= 11 215) and lower than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n= 13 646). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 533 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	257	164,623	28,570	9,429
Public	409	176,996	41,934	7,313
TOTAL	666	341,619	70,504	16,742