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SA Reports 10 510 New COVID-19 Cases

EWN

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, reports that 10,510 new COVID-19 cases have been identified in South Africa in the past 24 hours, representing a 20.5% positivity rate. The total number of laboratory-confirmed cases now stands at 1,796,589. A further 118 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 58,441. For more detailed information, visit the GIS Dashboard.

12,435,256 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below:

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	7,013,154	56%	28,129	55%
Public	5,422,102	44%	23,172	45%
Total	12,435,256		51,301

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (66%), followed by Western Cape (8%). KwaZulu-Natal and North West each accounted for 5%; Free State accounted for 4%; Eastern Cape, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Northern Cape each accounted for 3% of today’s cases.

The number of daily new cases for Eastern Cape, Limpopo, and KwaZulu-Natal have increased from yesterday while new case numbers decreased in the other provinces.

The cumulative number of cases by province is shown below:

Province	New cases on 17 June 2021	Total cases for 17 June 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	334	201,668	11.2
Free State	379	109,414	6.1
Gauteng	6,969	536,848	29.9
KwaZulu-Natal	553	345,659	19.2
Limpopo	278	68,658	3.8
Mpumalanga	315	87,460	4.9
North West	567	85,090	4.7
Northern Cape	285	56,124	3.1
Western Cape	830	305,668	17.0
Total	10,510	1,796,589	100.0

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

An increase of 1,510 hospital admissions have been reported in the past 24 hours.

A summary of reported COVID-19 hospital admissions is shown below:

Sector	Facilities Reporting	Admissions to Date	Died to Date	Currently Admitted
Private	256	135,998	22,024	6,193
Public	397	153,413	36,525	3,062
TOTAL	653	289,411	58,549	9,255

VACCINE UPDATE

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Thank you for your interest and remember that adhering to preventative measures limits your risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19. For more information on COVID-19, click here.