The NICD reports 1,147 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 684 319. This increase represents a 6.1% 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 0 deaths, as well as 0 deaths occurring in the past 24 – 48 hours. Total fatalities remain unchanged at 99,543 to date.
23 245 373 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,627,016 | 54.3% | 11,855 | 63.4% |
| Public | 10,618,357 | 45.7% | 6,854 | 36.6% |
| Total | 23,245,373 | 100.0% | 18,709 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng Province (36%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (23%). Western Cape accounted for 21%; North West accounted for 6%; Free State and Mpumalanga each accounted for 4% respectively; Eastern Cape accounted for 3%; Limpopo accounted for 2%; 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 05 March 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 05 March 2022 | New cases on 06 March 2022 | Total cases for 06 March 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 343741 | 0 | 343741 | 38 | 343779 | 9.3 |
| Free State | 201128 | 0 | 201128 | 48 | 201176 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1196173 | 0 | 1196173 | 418 | 1196591 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 653686 | 0 | 653686 | 259 | 653945 | 17.7 |
| Limpopo | 154874 | 0 | 154874 | 22 | 154896 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 191791 | 0 | 191791 | 44 | 191835 | 5.2 |
| North West | 191404 | 0 | 191404 | 69 | 191473 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 108458 | 0 | 108458 | 13 | 108471 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 641917 | 0 | 641917 | 236 | 642153 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3683172 | 0 | 3683172 | 1147 | 3684319 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 6.1%, which is higher than yesterday (5.8%). The 7-day average is 6.3% today, which is lower than yesterday (6.4%). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 6 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 | 230016 | 39148 | 1142 |
| Public | 407 | 277373 | 62008 | 1403 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 507389 | 101156 | 2545 |
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