Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 1,004 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,954,971. This increase represents a 9.4% positivity rate.
Today, the NDoH reports 16 deaths and of these 4 deaths occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 100,162 to date. 25,242,686 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,763,650 | 54.5% | 6,202 | 58.0% |
| Public | 11,479,036 | 45.5% | 4,487 | 42.0% |
| Total | 25,242,686 | 100.0% | 10,689 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (43%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (17%). Western Cape accounted for 16%; Free State accounted for 8%; Mpumalanga accounted for 5%; Eastern Cape and North West each accounted for 4% respectively; Northern Cape accounted for 2%; and Limpopo accounted for 1% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 29 May 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 29 May 2022 | New cases on 30 May 2022 | Total cases for30 May 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 360,111 | 0 | 360,111 | 38 | 360,149 | 9.1 |
| Free State | 213,586 | 0 | 213,586 | 77 | 213,663 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1,307,007 | 0 | 1,307,007 | 435 | 1,307,442 | 33.1 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 710,113 | 0 | 710,113 | 172 | 710,285 | 18.0 |
| Limpopo | 158,277 | 0 | 158,277 | 10 | 158,287 | 4.0 |
| Mpumalanga | 199,739 | 0 | 199,739 | 46 | 199,785 | 5.1 |
| North West | 199,692 | 0 | 199,692 | 43 | 199,735 | 5.1 |
| Northern Cape | 113,856 | 0 | 113,856 | 23 | 113,879 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 691,586 | 0 | 691,586 | 160 | 691,746 | 17.5 |
| Total | 3,953,967 | 0 | 3,953,967 | 1,004 | 3,954,971 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 9.4%, and is lower than yesterday (11.5%). The 7-day average is 13.1% today, and is lower than yesterday (13.8%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 75 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 | 245,927 | 40,220 | 1,288 |
| Public | 408 | 286,709 | 62,870 | 1,738 |
| TOTAL | 670 | 532,636 | 103,090 | 3,026 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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