The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, reports that 8 021 new COVID-19 cases have been identified in South Africa, which represents a 16.5% positivity testing rate. This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 1 730 106.
12 092 681 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 6,819,661 | 56% | 29,138 | 60% |
| Public | 5,273,020 | 44% | 19,471 | 40% |
| Total | 12,092,681 | 48,609 |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from the Gauteng province (60%), followed by the Western Cape (9%) province. Both the Free State and North West provinces accounted for 6%.
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
An increase of 1,009 hospital admissions and 117 in-hospital deaths 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 | 253 | 131,528 | 21,563 | 5,009 |
| Public | 396 | 150,981 | 36,028 | 2,458 |
| TOTAL | 649 | 282 509 | 57,591 | 7,467 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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