The NICD reports 2,782 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,618,853. This increase represents an 8.9% positivity rate.
Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. Today, the NDoH reports 221 deaths and of these, 14 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 95,766 to date.
22,405,373 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,131,282 | 54.1% | 19,276 | 62% |
| Public | 10,274,091 | 45.9% | 11,834 | 38% |
| Total | 22,405,373 | 100.0% | 31,110 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (33%), followed by Western Cape (17%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 13%; Mpumalanga accounted for 10%; Limpopo accounted for 8%; North West accounted for 7%; Free State accounted for 6%; Eastern Cape accounted for 3%; and Northern Cape accounted for 2% of today’s new cases
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 03 February 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 03 February 2022 | New cases on 04 February 2022 | Total cases for 04 February 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 341,376 | 2 | 341,378 | 97 | 341,475 | 9.4 |
| Free State | 197,443 | 0 | 197,443 | 176 | 197,619 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,171,725 | 0 | 1,171,725 | 916 | 1,172,641 | 32.4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 643,982 | -7 | 643,975 | 352 | 644,327 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 151,716 | 0 | 151,716 | 236 | 151,952 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 186,072 | 1 | 186,073 | 287 | 186,360 | 5.1 |
| North West | 186,801 | 0 | 186,801 | 192 | 186,993 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 107,246 | 0 | 107,246 | 59 | 107,305 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 629,714 | 0 | 629,714 | 467 | 630,181 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,616,075 | -4 | 3,616,071 | 2,782 | 3,618,853 | 100.0 |
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 8.9%, which is lower than yesterday (10.6%). The 7-day average is 9.6% today, which is lower than yesterday (9.8%)
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 94 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 | 259 | 226,089 | 38,907 | 2,300 |
| Public | 407 | 273,013 | 61,540 | 2,511 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 499,102 | 100,447 | 4,811 |
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