LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (27 June 2022)
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 212 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 992 661. This increase represents a 3.4% positivity rate.
Today, the NDoH reports 9 deaths, and of these, 4 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 101,740 to date.
25 698 459 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,990,139 | 54.4% | 3,796 | 61.3% |
| Public | 11,708,320 | 45.6% | 2,400 | 38.7% |
| Total | 25,698,459 | 100.0% | 6,196 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (43%) followed by Western Cape (19%). KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 18%; Mpumalanga accounted for 6%; North West accounted for 5% respectively; Eastern Cape accounted for 4%; Northern Cape accounted for 3%; Limpopo accounted for 2% and Free State accounted for 0% of today’s cases.
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 26 June 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 26 June 2022 | Incident infections for 26 June 2022 | Possible reinfections for 27 June 2022 | New cases on 27 June 2022 | Total cases for 27 June 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 363,421 | 0 | 363,421 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 363,429 | 9,1 |
| Free State | 215,665 | 0 | 215,665 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 215,666 | 5,4 |
| Gauteng | 1,320,439 | 1 | 1,320,440 | 81 | 11 | 92 | 1,320,532 | 33,1 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 715,460 | 0 | 715,460 | 37 | 1 | 38 | 715,498 | 17,9 |
| Limpopo | 159,387 | -1 | 159,386 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 159,390 | 4,0 |
| Mpumalanga | 201,591 | 0 | 201,591 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 201,603 | 5,0 |
| North West | 201,593 | 0 | 201,593 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 201,604 | 5,0 |
| Northern Cape | 115,083 | -1 | 115,082 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 115,088 | 2,9 |
| Western Cape | 699,810 | 1 | 699,811 | 34 | 6 | 40 | 699,851 | 17,5 |
| Total | 3,992,449 | 0 | 3,992,449 | 192 | 20 | 212 | 3,992,661 | 100,0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 3.4 %, and is lower than yesterday (5.7%). The 7-day average is 5.9% today, and is lower than yesterday (6.0%)
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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 | 248,899 | 40,497 | 743 |
| Public | 407 | 289,619 | 63,339 | 919 |
| TOTAL | 669 | 538,518 | 103,836 | 1,662 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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