The National Institute for Communicable Diseases reports that 9 149 new COVID-19 cases have been identified in South Africa, which represents a 15.7% positivity testing rate.
This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 1 722 086.
12 044 072 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 6,790,523 | 56% | 30,078 | 52% |
| Public | 5,253,549 | 44% | 28,244 | 48% |
| Total | 12,044,072 | 58,322 |
South Africa technically entered the third wave today as the national 7-day moving average incidence (5959 cases) now exceeds the new wave threshold as defined by the Ministerial Advisory Committee. The MAC advisory defined the new wave 7-day moving average threshold as 30% of the peak incidence of the previous wave.
There was an increase of 844 admissions in the past 24 hours and 127 additional in-hospital deaths 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 | 130,903 | 21,522 | 4,844 |
| Public | 396 | 150,597 | 35,952 | 2,456 |
| TOTAL | 649 | 281 500 | 57,474 | 7,300 |
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