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SA Reports 11 767 New COVID-19 Cases

Gauteng healthcare workers screening Alexandra residents for coronavirus (COVID-19) on 31 March 2020 following the roll out of massive community screenings and testing programmes by the provincial executive council. Picture: Ahmed Kajee/EWN.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, reports that 11,767 new COVID-19 cases have been identified in South Africa in the past 24 hours, representing a 22.6% positivity rate. The total number of laboratory-confirmed cases now stands at 1,786,079. A further 100 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 58,323. For more detailed information, visit the GIS Dashboard.

The total number of cases today is lower than yesterday but higher than the average number of new cases per day over the seven preceding days. The positivity has increased from yesterday.

12,383,955 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below:

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	6,985,025	56%	29,884	57%
Public	5,398,930	44%	22,234	43%
Total	12,383,955		52,118

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (64%), followed by Western Cape (11%). North West accounted for 6%; Free State, KwaZulu-Natal & Mpumalanga each accounted for 4% respectively; Eastern Cape & Northern Cape each accounted for 3% respectively; and Limpopo accounted for 2% of today’s cases. 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	320	201,334	11.3
Free State	515	109,030	6.1
Gauteng	7,502	529,873	29.7
KwaZulu-Natal	454	345,105	19.3
Limpopo	255	68,372	3.8
Mpumalanga	429	87,146	4.9
North West	737	84,536	4.7
Northern Cape	313	55,845	3.1
Western Cape	1,242	304,838	17.1
Total	11,767	1,786,079	100.0

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

An increase of 1,974 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	135,111	21,929	5,909
Public	397	152,790	36,396	2,923
TOTAL	653	287,901	58,325	8,832

VACCINE UPDATE

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