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Third wave: 8 881 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours – NICD

There was an increase of 1,150 admissions in the past 24 hours

Latest confirmed cases of Covid-19 in SA

9 June 2021

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, reports that 8 881 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 1 712 939.

11 985 750 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector

Total tested

New tested

PRIVATE

6,760,445

56%

34,118

63%

PUBLIC

5,225,305

44%

19,614

37%

Total

11,985,750

 

53,732

 

The increase number of tests and cases, and increased positivity are all evidence of the predicted third surge in COVID-19 cases, and not artifacts of data loading or increased laboratory turn-around times.

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from the Gauteng province (58%), followed by the Western Cape (9%) province.

The cumulative number of cases by province is shown below:

Province

New cases on 09 June 2021

Total cases for 09 June 2021

Percentage total

Eastern Cape

253

199,165

11.6

Free State

620

105,411

6.2

Gauteng

5,111

484,116

28.3

KwaZulu-Natal

537

341,871

20.0

Limpopo

229

66,642

3.9

Mpumalanga

363

84,510

4.9

North West

650

79,982

4.7

Northern Cape

335

53,433

3.1

Western Cape

783

297,809

17.4

Unknown

0

0

0.0

Total

8,881

1,712,939

100.0

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

There was an increase of 1,150 admissions in the past 24 hours, the largest increase being in Gauteng province with 587 new admissions. There were 135 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

130,361

21,463

4,746

Public

396

150,295

35,884

2,448

TOTAL

649

280,656

57,347

7,194

VACCINE UPDATE

For updates on the national vaccine programme, click here.

Thank you for your interest and remember that adhering to preventative measures limits your risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19. For more information on COVID-19, click here.

Issued by Sinenhlanhla Jimoh, Senior Communications Manager, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, 9 June 2021