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SA Reports 13 575 New COVID-19 Cases

Deputy Minister Thembi Siweya and MEC’s Bandile Masuku and Panyaza Lesufi inspect Covid-19 Quarantine sites Photo Credit: GCIS

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, reports that 13,575 new COVID-19 cases have been identified in South Africa in the past 24 hours, representing a 23.2% positivity rate. The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has increased. The total number of laboratory-confirmed cases now stands at 1,810,164. A further 149 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 58,590. For more detailed information, visit the GIS Dashboard.

12,493,891 tests have been conducted to date in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	7,048,994	56%	35,840	61%
Public	5,444,897	44%	22,795	39%
Total	12,493,891		58,635

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (62%), followed by Western Cape (11%).

North West accounted for 6%; Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga each accounted for 4%; Eastern Cape 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 17 June 2021	Total cases for 17 June 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	443	202,112	11.2
Free State	520	109,934	6.1
Gauteng	8,403	545,262	30.1
KwaZulu-Natal	589	346,239	19.1
Limpopo	468	69,129	3.8
Mpumalanga	515	87,976	4.9
North West	850	85,932	4.7
Northern Cape	246	56,370	3.1
Western Cape	1,541	307,210	17.0
Total	13,575	1,810,164	100.0

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

A further 729 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	136,529	22,076	6,219
Public	397	153,611	36,549	3,104
Total	654	290,140	58,625	9,323