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 947 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,991,003. This increase represents a 6.9% positivity rate.
Today, the NDoH reports 13 deaths and of these 4 deaths occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 101,717 to date. 25,669,097 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,975,363 | 54.5% | 7,208 | 52.3% |
| Public | 11,693,734 | 45.5% | 6,570 | 47.7% |
| Total | 25,669,097 | 100.0% | 13,778 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (44%), followed by Western Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal each accounting for 18% respectively. Eastern Cape accounted for 6%; Mpumalanga accounted for 5%; North West accounted for 3%; Limpopo and Free State each accounted for 2% respectively; and Northern Cape 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 23 June 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 23 June 2022 | Incident infections for 23 June 2022 | Possible reinfections for 23 June 2022 | New cases on 24 June 2022 | Total cases for 24 June 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 363,295 | 2 | 363,297 | 53 | 7 | 60 | 363,357 | 9,1 |
| Free State | 215,594 | 0 | 215,594 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 215,613 | 5,4 |
| Gauteng | 1,319,412 | 0 | 1,319,412 | 353 | 64 | 417 | 1,319,829 | 33,1 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 715,082 | -3 | 715,079 | 159 | 15 | 174 | 715,253 | 17,9 |
| Limpopo | 159,265 | 0 | 159,265 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 159,280 | 4,0 |
| Mpumalanga | 201,481 | 0 | 201,481 | 34 | 9 | 43 | 201,524 | 5,0 |
| North West | 201,492 | 0 | 201,492 | 27 | 5 | 32 | 201,524 | 5,0 |
| Northern Cape | 115,028 | 0 | 115,028 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 115,040 | 2,9 |
| Western Cape | 699,408 | 0 | 699,408 | 150 | 25 | 175 | 699,583 | 17,5 |
| Total | 3,990,057 | -1 | 3,990,056 | 813 | 134 | 947 | 3,991,003 | 100,0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 6.9%, and is higher than yesterday (5.9%). The 7-day average is 7.3% today, and is lower than yesterday (7.4%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 27 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 | 248,753 | 40,487 | 804 |
| Public | 407 | 289,506 | 63,310 | 960 |
| TOTAL | 669 | 538,259 | 103,797 | 1,764 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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