Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 726 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 968 931. This increase represents a 7.2% positivity rate.
Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. Today, the NDoH reports 33 deaths, and of these, 5 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 101,350 to date.
25 376 754 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,833,463 | 54.5% | 5,928 | 59.1% |
| Public | 11,543,291 | 45.5% | 4,108 | 40.9% |
| Total | 25,376,754 | 100.0% | 10,036 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (38%) followed by Western Cape (23%). KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 13%; Mpumalanga and Free State accounted for 7% each respectively. North West accounted for 6%; Northern Cape and Eastern Cape accounted for 3% each respectively ; and Limpopo accounted for 1% of today’s cases.
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 05 June 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 05 June 2022 | Incident infections for 06 June 2022 | Possible reinfections for 06 June 2022 | New cases on 06 June 2022 | Total cases for 06 June 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 361,514 | 0 | 361,514 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 361,535 | 9,1 |
| Free State | 214,407 | 0 | 214,407 | 45 | 6 | 51 | 214,458 | 5,4 |
| Gauteng | 1,311,537 | 0 | 1,311,537 | 237 | 37 | 274 | 1,311,811 | 33,1 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 712,179 | 0 | 712,179 | 84 | 11 | 95 | 712,274 | 17,9 |
| Limpopo | 158,552 | 0 | 158,552 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 158,561 | 4,0 |
| Mpumalanga | 200,369 | 0 | 200,369 | 42 | 8 | 50 | 200,419 | 5,0 |
| North West | 200,374 | 0 | 200,374 | 34 | 7 | 41 | 200,415 | 5,0 |
| Northern Cape | 114,396 | 0 | 114,396 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 114,415 | 2,9 |
| Western Cape | 694,877 | 0 | 694,877 | 139 | 27 | 166 | 695,043 | 17,5 |
| Total | 3,968,205 | 0 | 3,968,205 | 623 | 103 | 726 | 3,968,931 | 100,0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 7.2 %, and is lower than yesterday (8.3%). The 7-day average is 10.0% today, and is lower than yesterday (10.3%)
For more detailed information, visit the GIS Dashboard.
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 53 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 | 247,025 | 40,320 | 1,064 |
| Public | 408 | 287,715 | 63,001 | 1,399 |
| TOTAL | 670 | 534,740 | 103,321 | 2,463 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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