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 482 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,999,345. The NDoH reports 8 deaths, of which 3 occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 101,915 to date.
25,858,208 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 14,071,564 | 54.4% | 4,447 | 54.2% |
| Public | 11,786,644 | 45.6% | 3,752 | 45.8% |
| Total | 25,858,208 | 100.0% | 8,199 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 13 July 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 13 July 2022 | Incident infections for 14 July 2022 | Possible reinfections for 14 July 2022 | New cases on 14 July 2022 | Total cases for 14 July 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 363,874 | 0 | 363,874 | 34 | 6 | 40 | 363,914 | 9,1 |
| Free State | 215,921 | 0 | 215,921 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 215,928 | 5,4 |
| Gauteng | 1,323,230 | 2 | 1,323,232 | 135 | 30 | 165 | 1,323,397 | 33,1 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 716,392 | -4 | 716,388 | 57 | 7 | 64 | 716,452 | 17,9 |
| Limpopo | 159,542 | 0 | 159,542 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 159,549 | 4,0 |
| Mpumalanga | 201,929 | 0 | 201,929 | 60 | 8 | 68 | 201,997 | 5,1 |
| North West | 201,873 | 0 | 201,873 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 201,893 | 5,0 |
| Northern Cape | 115,195 | 0 | 115,195 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 115,211 | 2,9 |
| Western Cape | 700,907 | 2 | 700,909 | 85 | 10 | 95 | 701,004 | 17,5 |
| Total | 3,998,863 | 0 | 3,998,863 | 417 | 65 | 482 | 3,999,345 | 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 | 249,668 | 40,588 | 518 |
| Public | 407 | 290,282 | 63,470 | 587 |
| TOTAL | 669 | 539,950 | 104,058 | 1,105 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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