Coronavirus – South Africa: COVID-19 statistics for the Republic of South Africa (04 August 2021)

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

Today the institute reports 13,263 new COVID-19 cases identified in South Africa, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,484,009. This increase corresponds to a positivity rate of 22.3%.

According to the National Ministry of Health, another 423 COVID-19 deaths have been reported, bringing the total death toll to 73,415 to date.

In both the public and private sectors, 15 031 457 tests were carried out according to the table below.

sector

Overall tested

Re-tested

PRIVATE

8 357 415

56%

31 747

53%

PUBLICLY

6 674 042

44%

27 816

47%

total

15 031 457

59 563

PROVINCIAL TEAR DOWN

The majority of new cases today come from the Western Cape (27%), followed by Gauteng (22%). KwaZulu-Natal accounted for (18%); The Eastern Cape accounted for 8%; Mpumalanga accounted for 7%; Northwest accounted for 6%; Free State and Limpopo each accounted for 4%; and Northern Cape accounted for 3% of today’s new cases.

The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

province

Total number of cases for August 03, 2021

Adjusted figures after harmonization

Total cases updated on August 03, 2021

New cases on August 4th, 2021

Total number of cases for August 04, 2021

Total percentage

Eastern Cape

230026

5

230031

1088

231119

9.3

Free state

130178

1

130179

596

130775

5.3

Gauteng

866786

-29

866757

2927

869684

35.0

KwaZulu-Natal

400046

-16

400030

2408

402438

16.2

Limpopo

112326

6th

112332

587

112919

4.5

Mpumalanga

126867

10

126877

922

127799

5.1

northwest

129312

23

129335

806

130141

5.2

North Cape

68244

-4

68240

342

68582

2.8

Western Cape

406961

4th

406965

3587

410552

16.5

unknown

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

total

2470746

0

2470746

13263

2484009

100.0

THE 7-DAY TO MOVE AVERAGE NUMBER FROM NEW CASES FROM PROVINCE

The total number of cases today (n = 13,263) is higher than yesterday (n = 8,988) and higher than the average number of new cases per day in the 7 days before (n = 10,846).

The number of cases on a 7-day moving average per day has decreased

7-day moving average of new cases by province and reporting date, April 12, 2020 to date, South Africa.

For more information, visit GIS Dashboard.

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

There has been an increase of 533 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours. The following table is a summary of the reported COVID-19 approvals by sector.

sector

Reporting on facilities

Admissions

to date

Died to this day

Currently approved

Private

257

177 046

31 709

7 866

Public

411

194 340

46 902

7 763

TOTAL

668

371 386

78 611

15 629

VACCINATION TO UPDATE
For updates on the national vaccine program, click here.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa (NICD).

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