STATEMENT
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, reports that 9 149 new COVID-19 cases have been identified in South Africa, which represents a 15.7% positivity testing rate. This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 1 722 086. For more information, visit the GIS Dashboard.Q
12 044 072 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 6,790,523 | 56% | 30,078 | 52% |
| Public | 5,253,549 | 44% | 28,244 | 48% |
| Total | 12,044,072 | 58,322 | ||
South Africa technically entered the third wave today as the national 7-day moving average incidence (5959 cases) now exceeds the new wave threshold as defined by the Ministerial Advisory Committee. The MAC advisory defined the new wave 7-day moving average threshold as 30% of the peak incidence of the previous wave.
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from the Gauteng province (61%), followed by the Western Cape (10%) province. Both the Free State and North West provinces accounted for 6%.The cumulative number of cases by province is shown below:
| Province | New cases on 10 June 2021 | Total cases for 10 June 2021 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 235 | 199,400 | 11.6 |
| Free State | 521 | 105,932 | 6.2 |
| Gauteng | 5,597 | 489,711 | 28.4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 421 | 342,291 | 19.9 |
| Limpopo | 188 | 66,832 | 3.9 |
| Mpumalanga | 313 | 84,818 | 4.9 |
| North West | 580 | 80,569 | 4.7 |
| Northern Cape | 362 | 53,790 | 3.1 |
| Western Cape | 932 | 298,743 | 17.3 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 9,149 | 1,722,086 | 100.0 |
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There was an increase of 844 admissions in the past 24 hours and 127 additional in-hospital deaths reported in the past 24 hours. A summary of reported COVID-19 hospital admissions is shown below.
| Sector | Facilities Reporting | Admissions
to Date |
Died to Date | Currently Admitted |
| Private | 253 | 130,903 | 21,522 | 4,844 |
| Public | 396 | 150,597 | 35,952 | 2,456 |
| TOTAL | 649 | 281 500 | 57,474 | 7,300 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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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
