Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD),reports 2,970 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,963,394. This increase represents an 11.6% positivity rate.
Today, the NDoH reports 31 deaths and of these 10 deaths occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 101,250 to date. 25,314,119 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,800,477 | 54.5% | 11,063 | 43.1% |
| Public | 11,513,642 | 45.5% | 14,627 | 56.9% |
| Total | 25,314,119 | 100.0% | 25,690 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (31%), followed by Western Cape (23%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 13%; Eastern Cape accounted for 10%; Free State and North West each accounted for 6% respectively; Mpumalanga accounted for 5%; Northern Cape accounted for 4%; and Limpopo accounted for 2% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 01 June 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 01 June 2022 | Incident infections for 02 June 2022 | Possible reinfections for 02 June 2022 | New cases on 02 June 2022 | Total cases for 02 June 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 360,727 | 0 | 360,727 | 262 | 49 | 311 | 361,038 | 9,1 |
| Free State | 213,970 | 0 | 213,970 | 144 | 25 | 169 | 214,139 | 5,4 |
| Gauteng | 1,309,089 | 0 | 1,309,089 | 797 | 133 | 930 | 1,310,019 | 33,1 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 711,130 | 0 | 711,130 | 339 | 45 | 384 | 711,514 | 18,0 |
| Limpopo | 158,398 | 0 | 158,398 | 50 | 9 | 59 | 158,457 | 4,0 |
| Mpumalanga | 200,003 | 0 | 200,003 | 131 | 27 | 158 | 200,161 | 5,1 |
| North West | 199,988 | 0 | 199,988 | 147 | 25 | 172 | 200,160 | 5,1 |
| Northern Cape | 114,070 | 0 | 114,070 | 103 | 14 | 117 | 114,187 | 2,9 |
| Western Cape | 693,049 | 0 | 693,049 | 573 | 97 | 670 | 693,719 | 17,5 |
| Total | 3,960,424 | 0 | 3,960,424 | 2,546 | 424 | 2,970 | 3,963,394 | 100,0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 11.6%, and is higher than yesterday (11.3%). The 7-day average is 11.4% today, and is lower than yesterday (11.8%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 80 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours. The following table is a summary of reported COVID-19 admissions by sector.
| Sector | Facilities Reporting | Admissions to Date | Died to Date | Currently Admitted |
| Private | 262 | 246,618 | 40,273 | 1,252 |
| Public | 408 | 287,279 | 62,947 | 1,651 |
| TOTAL | 670 | 533,897 | 103,220 | 2,903 |
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