Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 710 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 979 836. This increase represents a 6.8% positivity rate.
Today, the NDoH reports 41 deaths, and of these, 10occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 101,550 to date.
25,515,180 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,904,155 | 54.5% | 9,356 | 89.2% |
| Public | 11,611,025 | 45.5% | 1,137 | 10.8% |
| Total | 25,515,180 | 100.0% | 10,493 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (41%) followed by Western Cape (19%). KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 13%; Eastern Cape accounted for 9%; Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 5% respectively; Free State accounted for 3%; and Limpopo and Northern Cape each accounted for 2% respectively of today’s cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 13 June 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 13 June 2022 | Incident infections for 14 June 2022 | Possible reinfections for 14 June 2022 | New cases on 14 June 2022 | Total cases for 14 June 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 362431 | 1 | 362432 | 47 | 16 | 63 | 362495 | 9,1 |
| Free State | 215074 | 0 | 215074 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 215098 | 5,4 |
| Gauteng | 1315291 | 0 | 1315291 | 256 | 35 | 291 | 1315582 | 33,1 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 713588 | -2 | 713586 | 79 | 14 | 93 | 713679 | 17,9 |
| Limpopo | 158830 | 0 | 158830 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 158847 | 4,0 |
| Mpumalanga | 200948 | 0 | 200948 | 29 | 5 | 34 | 200982 | 5,1 |
| North West | 200927 | 0 | 200927 | 27 | 8 | 35 | 200962 | 5,0 |
| Northern Cape | 114766 | 0 | 114766 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 114782 | 2,9 |
| Western Cape | 697271 | 1 | 697272 | 105 | 32 | 137 | 697409 | 17,5 |
| Total | 3979126 | 0 | 3979126 | 590 | 120 | 710 | 3979836 | 100,0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 6.8%, and is higher than yesterday (5.6%). The 7-day average is 7.4% today, and is lower than yesterday (7.7%). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 64 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 | 248053 | 40428 | 933 |
| Public | 407 | 288782 | 63166 | 1202 |
| TOTAL | 669 | 536835 | 103594 | 2135 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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