Friday, 02 July 2021
Pretoria: On Friday; 02 July 2021, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reported 24,270 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,019,826.
This increase represents a 27.4% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 303 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 61,332 to date.
13,298,239 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| PRIVATE | 7,515,873 | 57% | 43,236 | 49% |
| PUBLIC | 5,782,366 | 43% | 45,502 | 51% |
| Total | 13,298,239 | 88,738 | ||
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The Gauteng province accounts for the majority of new cases (59%), followed by the Western Cape (11%), North West and KwaZulu-Natal (7% each) provinces.
The following table shows the total number of cases per province:
| Province | New cases on
02 July 2021 |
Total cases for
02 July 2021 |
Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 652 | 208,262 | 10.3 |
| Free State | 555 | 115,771 | 5.7 |
| Gauteng | 14,198 | 676,524 | 33.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 1,676 | 357,528 | 17.7 |
| Limpopo | 1,417 | 78,881 | 3.9 |
| Mpumalanga | 1,187 | 96,935 | 4.8 |
| North West | 1,687 | 98,809 | 4.9 |
| Northern Cape | 292 | 59,618 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 2,606 | 327,498 | 16.2 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 24,270 | 2,019,826 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
An increase of 627 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 | 147,971 | 24,771 | 8,831 |
| Public | 401 | 161,740 | 38,270 | 4,920 |
| TOTAL | 658 | 309,711 | 63,041 | 13,751 |