The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues to provide laboratory-based surveillance to inform the public health response towards COVID-19 in South Africa.
Today the institute reports 397 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,998,863. The NDoH reports 12 deaths, of which 3 occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 101,907 to date.
25,850,009 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 14,067,117 | 54.4% | 4,943 | 46.6% |
| Public | 11,782,892 | 45.6% | 5,674 | 53.4% |
| Total | 25,850,009 | 100.0% | 10,617 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 12 July 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 12 July 2022 | Incident infections for 13 July 2022 | Possible reinfections for 13 July 2022 | New cases on 13 July 2022 | Total cases for 13 July 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 363,841 | 0 | 363,841 | 31 | 2 | 33 | 363,874 | 9,1 |
| Free State | 215,906 | 0 | 215,906 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 215,921 | 5,4 |
| Gauteng | 1,323,107 | 0 | 1,323,107 | 110 | 13 | 123 | 1,323,230 | 33,1 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 716,339 | 0 | 716,339 | 47 | 6 | 53 | 716,392 | 17,9 |
| Limpopo | 159,525 | 0 | 159,525 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 159,542 | 4,0 |
| Mpumalanga | 201,901 | 0 | 201,901 | 24 | 4 | 28 | 201,929 | 5,0 |
| North West | 201,850 | 0 | 201,850 | 19 | 4 | 23 | 201,873 | 5,0 |
| Northern Cape | 115,184 | 0 | 115,184 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 115,195 | 2,9 |
| Western Cape | 700,813 | 0 | 700,813 | 82 | 12 | 94 | 700,907 | 17,5 |
| Total | 3,998,466 | 0 | 3,998,466 | 350 | 47 | 397 | 3,998,863 | 100,0 |
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 10 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 | 249,595 | 40,585 | 513 |
| Public | 407 | 290,262 | 63,471 | 601 |
| TOTAL | 669 | 539,857 | 104,056 | 1,114 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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