Coronavirus - South Africa: COVID-19 Statistics for Republic of South Africa (13 August 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 13,921 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,582,427. This increase represents a 23% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 384 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 76,631 to date.

15,487,205 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.  

Sector	Total tested		New tested
Private	8,568,194	55%	27,761	46%
Public	6,919,011	45%	32,777	54%
Total	15,487,205		60,538

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN The majority of new cases today are from Western Cape (28%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (24%). Gauteng Province accounted for 15%; Eastern Cape accounted for 8%; Free State and Mpumalanga each accounted for 6% respectively; North West accounted for 5%; Northern Cape accounted for 4%; and Limpopo Province accounted for 3% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:  

Province	Total cases for 12 August 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 12 August  2021	New cases on 13 August 2021	Total cases for 13 August 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	239,166	-1	239,165	1,180	240,345	9,3
Free State	134,905	4	134,909	866	135,775	5,3
Gauteng	884,147	-18	884,129	2,027	886,156	34,3
KwaZulu-Natal	421,153	4	421,157	3,359	424,516	16,4
Limpopo	115,421	19	115,440	361	115,801	4,5
Mpumalanga	133,240	4	133,244	899	134,143	5,2
North West	134,414	-6	134,408	701	135,109	5,2
Northern Cape	71,460	-26	71,434	610	72,044	2,8
Western Cape	434,605	15	434,620	3,918	438,538	17,0
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0,0
Total	2,568,511	-5	2,568,506	13,921	2,582,427	100,0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE The total number of cases today (n= 13 921) is lower than yesterday (n= 14 271) but higher than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n=10 207). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has increased.

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS There has been an increase of 594 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	257	183,244	33,076	7,381
Public	411	201,716	48,942	7,206
TOTAL	668	384,960	82,018	14,587

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.

 

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