Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 317 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 4 002 133.
Today, the NDoH reports 1 death, and of these, 0 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 101,943 to date.
25 922 424 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 14,103,948 | 54.4% | 4,583 | 50% |
| Public | 11,818,476 | 45.6% | 4,587 | 50% |
| Total | 25,922,424 | 100.0% | 9,170 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 21 July 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 21 July 2022 | Incident infections for 22 July 2022 | Possible reinfections for 22 July 2022 | New cases on 22 July 2022 | Total cases for 22 July 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 364,051 | 0 | 364,051 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 364,070 | 9,1 |
| Free State | 216,006 | 0 | 216,006 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 216,016 | 5,4 |
| Gauteng | 1,324,474 | 0 | 1,324,474 | 107 | 21 | 128 | 1,324,602 | 33,1 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 716,753 | 0 | 716,753 | 42 | 4 | 46 | 716,799 | 17,9 |
| Limpopo | 159,609 | 0 | 159,609 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 159,623 | 4,0 |
| Mpumalanga | 202,110 | 0 | 202,110 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 202,125 | 5,1 |
| North West | 201,965 | 0 | 201,965 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 201,973 | 5,0 |
| Northern Cape | 115,270 | 0 | 115,270 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 115,279 | 2,9 |
| Western Cape | 701,578 | 0 | 701,578 | 55 | 13 | 68 | 701,646 | 17,5 |
| Total | 4,001,816 | 0 | 4,001,816 | 267 | 50 | 317 | 4,002,133 | 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 | 249,978 | 40,609 | 476 |
| Public | 407 | 290,482 | 63,510 | 530 |
| TOTAL | 669 | 540,460 | 104,119 | 1,006 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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