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16 091/26 458 Covid-19 cases from Gauteng - NICD

An increase of 557 hospital admissions have also been reported in the past 24hrs in SA

LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (03 JULY 2021)

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues the monitoring and surveillance of COVID-19 in order to inform the public health response.

Today the institute reports 26,485 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,046,311.  This increase represents a 27.3% positivity rate.  As per the National Department of Health, a further 175 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 61,507  to date. For more detailed information, visit the GIS Dashboard. 

13,395,135 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector

Total tested

New tested

PRIVATE

7,557,531

56%

41,658

43%

PUBLIC

5,837,604

44%

55,238

57%

Total

13,395,135

 

96,896

 

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The Gauteng province accounts for the majority of new cases (61%), followed by the Western Cape (11%), and Limpopo (7%) provinces. The following table shows the total number of cases per province:

Province

New cases on

03 July 2021

Total cases for

03 July 2021

Percentage total

Eastern Cape

739

209,002

10.2

Free State

550

116,321

5.7

Gauteng

16,091

692,626

33.8

KwaZulu-Natal

1,473

358,997

17.5

Limpopo

1,780

80,673

3.9

Mpumalanga

1,130

98,060

4.8

North West

1,401

100,195

4.9

Northern Cape

322

59,940

2.9

Western Cape

2,999

330,497

16.2

Unknown

0

0

0.0

Total

26,485

2,046,311

100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE 


HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
An increase of 557 hospital admissions have been reported in the past 24 hours. The following is a list of COVID-19 hospital admissions that have been reported:

Sector

Facilities Reporting

Admissions

to Date

Died to Date

Currently Admitted

Private

257

149,095

24,983

8,868

Public

402

162,047

38,321

4,978

TOTAL

659

311,142

63,304

13,846

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, 3 July 2021