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SA Reports 11 182 New COVID-19 Cases

The NICD reported 11 182 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 206 781. This increase represents a 31.4% positivity rate.

As per the National Department of Health, a further 220 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 64 509 to date.

13 937 470 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
PRIVATE	7 835 263	56%	16 538	46%
PUBLIC	6 102 207	44%	19 085	54%
Total	13 937 470		35 623

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (50%), followed by Western Cape (11%). KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo accounted for 9% each; Mpumalanga accounted for 8%; North West accounted for 5%; Eastern Cape accounted for 4%; Free State accounted for 2%, and Northern Cape accounted for 1% of today’s new cases.

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

Province	Total cases for 11 July 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 11 July 2021	New cases on 12 July 2021	Total cases for 12 July 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	213 832	0	213 832	427	214 259	9.7
Free State	120 073	0	120 073	266	120 339	5.5
Gauteng	772 196	4	772 200	5 614	777 814	35.2
KwaZulu-Natal	370 496	5	370 501	1 026	371 527	16.8
Limpopo	92 396	9	92 405	1 054	93 459	4.2
Mpumalanga	106 583	-16	106 567	900	107 467	4.9
North West	110 058	1	110 059	559	110 618	5.0
Northern Cape	61 806	-3	61 803	111	61 914	2.8
Western Cape	348 159	0	348 159	1 225	349 384	15.8
Total	2 195 599	0	2 195 599	11 182	2 206 781	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n= 11 182) is lower than yesterday (n= 16 302) and lower than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n=18 768). 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 571 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	157 791	26 883	9 691
Public	406	169 771	40 121	6 814
TOTAL	663	327 502	67 004	16 505

VACCINE UPDATE
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