Gauteng welcomes SANDF medical team as they record over 60% of daily Covid-19 cases nationally
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Gauteng Premier David Makhura has welcomed the deployment of SANDF medical team in the province to assist in the curbing of Covid-19 spread as the country enters into a third wave.
The Health Department in the province has found itself under immense pressure having been confirmed COVID-19 hotspot lately.
The province accounts to 30.79% of the total cases in country followed by KZN with 18.86%. 567 681 and 347 687 respectively.
Gauteng is to be accounting to 67% of the positive cases reported in the last 24 hours followed by the Western Cape with 8%.
| Province | New cases on 22 June 2021 | Total cases for 22 June 2021 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 385 | 203,072 | 11.0 |
| Free State | 365 | 110,910 | 6.0 |
| Gauteng | 7,471 | 567,681 | 30.8 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 551 | 347,687 | 18.9 |
| Limpopo | 263 | 70,099 | 3.8 |
| Mpumalanga | 294 | 89,268 | 4.8 |
| North West | 720 | 87,815 | 4.8 |
| Northern Cape | 197 | 57,170 | 3.1 |
| Western Cape | 847 | 309,870 | 16.8 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 11,093 | 1,843,572 | 100.0 |
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
An increase of 575 hospital admissions have been reported in the past 24 hours.
A summary of reported COVID-19 hospital admissions is shown below:
| Sector | Facilities Reporting | Admissionsto Date | Died to Date | Currently Admitted |
| Private | 257 | 138,649 | 23,120 | 6,632 |
| Public | 399 | 155,070 | 36,846 | 3,482 |
| TOTAL | 656 | 293,719 | 59,966 | 10,114 |
Accompanying Makhura to welcome the team was Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital.
