The NICD reported 1,094 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,642,925. This increase represents a 6.9% 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 257 deaths and of these, 3 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 97,250 to date.
22,693,253 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,303,363 | 54.2% | 10,882 | 68.3% |
| Public | 10,389,890 | 45.8% | 5,048 | 31.7% |
| Total | 22,693,253 | 100.0% | 15,930 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (44%), followed by Western Cape (16%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 13%; Mpumalanga accounted for 10%; North West accounted for 6%; Free State and Limpopo each accounted for 4% respectively; Eastern Cape accounted for 3%; and Northern Cape accounted for 1% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 13 Feb 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 13 Feb 2022 | New cases on 14 Feb 2022 | Total cases for 14 Feb 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 342,238 | 0 | 342,238 | 38 | 342,276 | 9.4 |
| Free State | 198,957 | 0 | 198,957 | 46 | 199,003 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,180,635 | 0 | 1,180,635 | 482 | 1,181,117 | 32.4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 647,518 | 0 | 647,518 | 138 | 647,656 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 153,490 | 0 | 153,490 | 39 | 153,529 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 188,736 | 0 | 188,736 | 106 | 188,842 | 5.2 |
| North West | 188,555 | 0 | 188,555 | 65 | 188,620 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 107,768 | 0 | 107,768 | 10 | 107,778 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 633,914 | 0 | 633,914 | 170 | 634,084 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,641,811 | 0 | 3,641,811 | 1,094 | 3,642,905 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 6.9%, which is lower than yesterday (8.1%). The 7-day average is 8.2% today, which is lower than yesterday (8.3%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 47 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 | 228,106 | 39,023 | 1,924 |
| Public | 407 | 274,768 | 61,794 | 2,043 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 502,874 | 100,817 | 3,967 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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