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SA Reports 13 155 New COVID-19 Cases

FILE PHOTO: Beds are seen at a temporary field hospital set up in a sports complex by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, reports that 13,155 new COVID-19 cases have been identified in South Africa in the past 24 hours, representing a 23.7% positivity rate. The total number of laboratory-confirmed cases now stands at 1,823,319. A further 112 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 58,702 to date. For more detailed information, visit the GIS Dashboard.

12 549 484 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	7,085,067	56%	36,073	65%
Public	5,464,417	44%	19,520	35%
Total	12,549,484		55,593

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (66%), followed by Western Cape (9%).

North West accounted for 6%; KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga each accounted for 4%; Eastern Cape, Free State and Limpopo each accounted for 3%; and Northern Cape accounted for 2% of today’s cases.

The cumulative number of cases by province is shown below:

Province	New cases on 20 June 2021	Total cases for 20 June 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	382	202,494	11.1
Free State	360	110,296	6.0
Gauteng	8,640	553,908	30.4
KwaZulu-Natal	574	346,813	19.0
Limpopo	407	69,537	3.8
Mpumalanga	559	88,537	4.9
North West	759	86,680	4.8
Northern Cape	308	56,678	3.1
Western Cape	1,166	308,376	16.9
Total	13,155	1,823,319	100.0

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

A further 611 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	257	137,028	22,126	6,208
Public	397	153,723	36,578	3,136
Total	654	290,751	58,704	9,344

VACCINE UPDATE

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