Following 657 positive tests on Wednesday, there are currently 3 996 441 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Africa.
After 52 residents were verified to have contracted the virus, Gauteng reported the most new cases in the previous 24 hours, followed by 13 in the Western Cape, 8 in the Eastern Cape, and 7 in KwaZulu-Natal.
The Northern Cape experienced no illnesses, while the other provinces each reported fewer than five cases.
The positivity rate is now 4.8%, according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD).
In addition, 12 COVID-19 fatalities were reported by the National Department of Health, with three of those deaths occurring in the previous 24 to 48 hours.
This indicates that, as of the most recent numbers, there have been 101 859 fatalities overall.
The data indicates that while the seven-day moving average daily number of cases has marginally increased, there has been an increase of 14 hospital admissions in the last 24 hours.
The data is derived from 25 789 955 tests that have been carried out in both the public and commercial sectors since the epidemic.
global perspective
Following a downward trend since the last peak in March 2022, the number of new weekly cases increased globally for the fourth week in a row.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that over 4.6 million instances were reported for the week of June 27 to July 3, 2022, a number identical to the previous week.
At the regional level, the Eastern Mediterranean, South-East Asia, European, and Western Pacific regions had an increase in the number of new cases per week, whereas the Americas and Africa saw a decrease.
Over 8 100 fatalities were reported, a 12 percent decrease from the previous week in the number of new weekly deaths.
According to data provided by the WHO, the countries with the highest weekly case tally were France (603 074), Germany (555 331), Italy (511 037), the United States (496 049), and Brazil (334 852).
Additionally, as of July 3, 2022, there has been over 6.3 million reported deaths and over 546 million confirmed cases worldwide.