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SA Reports 10 008 New COVID-19 Cases

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The NICD reports 10 008 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 533 466. This increase represents a 22.8% positivity rate.

As per the National Department of Health, a further 190 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 74 813 to date.

15 257 317 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
PRIVATE	8,460,310	55%	19,262	44%
PUBLIC	6,797,007	45%	24,556	56%
Total	15,257,317		43,818

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Western Cape (29%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (23%); Gauteng accounted for 17%; Eastern Cape accounted for 8%; Mpumalanga accounted for 7%; North West accounted for 5%; Free State & Northern Cape each accounted for 4% respectively; and Limpopo accounted for 2% of today’s new cases.

The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 07 August 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 07 August 2021	New cases on 08 August 2021	Total cases for 08 August 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	234393	0	234393	831	235224	9.3
Free State	132563	0	132563	448	133011	5.3
Gauteng	876780	-32	876748	1690	878438	34.7
KwaZulu-Natal	410329	0	410329	2270	412599	16.3
Limpopo	114287	0	114287	218	114505	4.5
Mpumalanga	130544	5	130549	728	131277	5.2
North West	132145	27	132172	502	132674	5.2
Northern Cape	69979	0	69979	408	70387	2.8
Western Cape	422468	-30	422438	2913	425351	16.8
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	2523488	-30	2523458	10008	2533466	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n=10 008) is lower than yesterday (n= 12 371) and higher than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n=11 091)

The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased

7-day moving average number of new cases by province and date of reporting, 12 April 2020 to date, South Africa.

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 75 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	179 455	32 267	7 531
Public	411	196 955	47 577	7 630
TOTAL	668	376 410	79 844	15 161

VACCINE UPDATE
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