LATEST UPDATE ON COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (01 JULY 2021)

Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports 21,584 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 1,995,556.  This increase represents a 28.4% positivity rate.  A further 382 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 61,029 to date.

13,209,499 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
PRIVATE	7 472 635	57%	43 938	58%
PUBLIC	5 736 864	43%	32 133	42%
Total	13 209 499		76 071

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The Gauteng province accounts for the majority of new cases (59%), followed by the Western Cape (11%) and North West (7%) provinces. The following table shows the total number of cases per province:

Province	New cases on01 July 2021	Total cases for01 July 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	664	207,610	10.4
Free State	603	115,215	5.8
Gauteng	12,806	662,300	33.2
KwaZulu-Natal	1,241	355,847	17.8
Limpopo	1,109	77,457	3.9
Mpumalanga	930	95,752	4.8
North West	1,468	97,154	4.9
Northern Cape	316	59,330	3.0
Western Cape	2,447	324,891	16.3
Unknown	0	0	0.0
Total	21,584	1,995,556	100.0

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
An increase of 769 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	Admissionsto Date	Died to Date	Currently Admitted
Private	257	147,010	24,597	8,575
Public	401	160,959	38,112	4,821
TOTAL	658	307,969	62,709	13,396

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. 

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