Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 263 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 4 000 894.
Today, the NDoH reports 13 deaths, and of these, 1 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 101,935 to date.
25 893 612 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 14,090,172 | 54.4% | 4,247 | 64.4% |
| Public | 11,803,440 | 45.6% | 2,348 | 35.6% |
| Total | 25,893,612 | 100.0% | 6,595 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 18 July 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 18 July 2022 | Incident infections for 19 July 2022 | Possible reinfections for 19 July 2022 | New cases on 19 July 2022 | Total cases for 19 July 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 363,964 | 0 | 363,964 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 363,982 | 9,1 |
| Free State | 215,966 | 0 | 215,966 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 215,968 | 5,4 |
| Gauteng | 1,323,968 | 0 | 1,323,968 | 89 | 13 | 102 | 1,324,070 | 33,1 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 716,627 | 0 | 716,627 | 28 | 2 | 30 | 716,657 | 17,9 |
| Limpopo | 159,579 | 0 | 159,579 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 159,588 | 4,0 |
| Mpumalanga | 202,057 | 0 | 202,057 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 202,070 | 5,1 |
| North West | 201,927 | 0 | 201,927 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 201,937 | 5,0 |
| Northern Cape | 115,247 | 0 | 115,247 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 115,249 | 2,9 |
| Western Cape | 701,296 | 0 | 701,296 | 60 | 17 | 77 | 701,373 | 17,5 |
| Total | 4,000,631 | 0 | 4,000,631 | 219 | 44 | 263 | 4,000,894 | 100,0 |
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 9 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 | 249,860 | 40,602 | 484 |
| Public | 407 | 290,387 | 63,497 | 550 |
| TOTAL | 669 | 540,247 | 104,099 | 1,034 |
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