Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 2,809 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,957,777. This increase represents a 12.6% positivity rate.
Today, the NDoH reports 28 deaths and of these 5 deaths occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 100,190 to date. 25,264,922 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,775,915 | 54.5% | 12,265 | 55.2% |
| Public | 11,489,007 | 45.5% | 9,971 | 44.8% |
| Total | 25,264,922 | 100.0% | 22,236 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (29%), followed by Western Cape (25%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 18%; Eastern Cape accounted for 11%; Free State accounted for 5%; Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 4% respectively; Northern Cape accounted for 3%; 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 30 May 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 30 May 2022 | New cases on 31 May 2022 | Total cases for31 May 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 360,149 | 3 | 360,152 | 307 | 360,459 | 9.1 |
| Free State | 213,663 | 11 | 213,674 | 131 | 213,805 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1,307,442 | -72 | 1,307,370 | 810 | 1,308,180 | 33.1 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 710,285 | 15 | 710,300 | 508 | 710,808 | 18.0 |
| Limpopo | 158,287 | 2 | 158,289 | 45 | 158,334 | 4.0 |
| Mpumalanga | 199,785 | 13 | 199,798 | 105 | 199,903 | 5.1 |
| North West | 199,735 | 18 | 199,753 | 126 | 199,879 | 5.1 |
| Northern Cape | 113,879 | 0 | 113,879 | 87 | 113,966 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 691,746 | 7 | 691,753 | 690 | 692,443 | 17.5 |
| Total | 3,954,971 | -3 | 3,954,968 | 2,809 | 3,957,777 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 12.6%, and is higher than yesterday (9.4%). The 7-day average is 12.7% today, and is lower than yesterday (13.1%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 103 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 | 246,166 | 40,235 | 1,268 |
| Public | 408 | 286,936 | 62,906 | 1,681 |
| TOTAL | 670 | 533,102 | 103,141 | 2,949 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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