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SA Reports 13 021 New Cases

The NICD reports 13,021 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,595,447. This increase represents a 21.6% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 238 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 76,869 to date.

15,547,415 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	8,596,321	55%	28,127	47%
Public	6,951,094	45%	32,083	53%
Total	15,547,415		60,210

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Western Cape (27%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (26%). Gauteng Province accounted for 14%; Eastern Cape accounted for 10%; Mpumalanga accounted for 7%; Free State and North West each accounted for 5% respectively; Northern Cape accounted for 4%; and Limpopo Province accounted for 3% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 13 August 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 13 August 2021	New cases on 14 August 2021	Total cases for 14 August 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	240345	21	240 366	1252	241618	9,3
Free State	135775	3	135 778	661	136439	5,3
Gauteng	886156	-19	886 137	1784	887921	34,2
KwaZulu-Natal	424516	-53	424 463	3445	427908	16,5
Limpopo	115801	6	115 807	372	116179	4,5
Mpumalanga	134143	16	134 159	920	135079	5,2
North West	135109	20	135 129	667	135796	5,2
Northern Cape	72044	1	72 045	459	72504	2,8
Western Cape	438538	4	438 542	3461	442003	17,0
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0,0
Total	2582427	-1	2 582 426	13021	2595447	100,0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n= 13 021) is lower than yesterday (n= 13 921) but higher than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n=10 300). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has increased.

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 378 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	183,738	33,174	7,249
Public	411	202,188	49,068	7,153
TOTAL	668	385,926	82,242	14,402