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 406 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,999,751.
The NDoH reports 3 deaths, of which 3 occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 101,918 to date. 25,867,414 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 14,075,894 | 54.4% | 4,330 | 47.0% |
| Public | 11,791,520 | 45.6% | 4,876 | 53.0% |
| Total | 25,867,414 | 100.0% | 9,206 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 14 July 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 14 July 2022 | Incident infections for 15 July 2022 | Possible reinfections for 15 July 2022 | New cases on 15 July 2022 | Total cases for 15 July 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 363,914 | 0 | 363,914 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 363,930 | 9,1 |
| Free State | 215,928 | 0 | 215,928 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 215,940 | 5,4 |
| Gauteng | 1,323,397 | 0 | 1,323,397 | 135 | 26 | 161 | 1,323,558 | 33,1 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 716,452 | 0 | 716,452 | 62 | 9 | 71 | 716,523 | 17,9 |
| Limpopo | 159,549 | 0 | 159,549 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 159,559 | 4,0 |
| Mpumalanga | 201,997 | 0 | 201,997 | 19 | 4 | 23 | 202,020 | 5,1 |
| North West | 201,893 | 0 | 201,893 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 201,907 | 5,0 |
| Northern Cape | 115,211 | 0 | 115,211 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 115,217 | 2,9 |
| Western Cape | 701,004 | 0 | 701,004 | 83 | 10 | 93 | 701,097 | 17,5 |
| Total | 3,999,345 | 0 | 3,999,345 | 351 | 55 | 406 | 3,999,751 | 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 | 249,733 | 40,596 | 525 |
| Public | 407 | 290,315 | 63,474 | 577 |
| TOTAL | 669 | 540,048 | 104,070 | 1,102 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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