LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (04 JULY 2021)

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues the monitoring and surveillance of COVID-19 in order to inform the public health response.

Today the institute reports 16,585 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,062,896.  This increase represents a 30.2% positivity rate.  As per the National Department of Health, a further 333 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 61,840 to date. For more detailed information, visit the GIS Dashboard. 

13,450,014 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector Total tested New tested
PRIVATE 7,588,283 56% 30,752 56%
PUBLIC 5,861,731 44% 24,127 44%
Total 13,450,014 54,879

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The Gauteng province accounts for the majority of new cases (57%), followed by the Western Cape (11%), and the KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo (7% each) provinces. The following table shows the total number of cases per province:

Province New cases on

04 July 2021

Total cases for

04 July 2021

Percentage total
Eastern Cape 458 209,462 10.2
Free State 378 116,698 5.7
Gauteng 9,443 702,083 34.0
KwaZulu-Natal 1,166 360,163 17.5
Limpopo 1,230 81,909 4.0
Mpumalanga 968 99,032 4.8
North West 926 101,096 4.9
Northern Cape 232 60,172 2.9
Western Cape 1,784 332,281 16.1
Unknown 0 0 0.0
Total 16,585 2,062,896 100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
An increase of 384 hospital admissions have been reported in the past 24 hours. The following is a list of COVID-19 hospital admissions that have been reported:

Sector Facilities Reporting Admissions

to Date

Died to Date Currently Admitted
Private 257 149,672 25,123 8,853
Public 402 162,347 38,383 5,119
TOTAL 659 312,019 63,506 13,972

VACCINE UPDATE
For updates on the national vaccine programme, click here.

Thank you for your interest and remember that adhering to preventative measures limits your risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19. For more information on COVID-19, click here.

Kind regards,
Sinenhlanhla Jimoh, Senior Communications Manager
National Institute for Communicable Diseases

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