The institute reports 1,183 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,731,247. This increase represents a 4.8% 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 12 deaths and of these, 4 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,096 to date.
24,044,412 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,074,204 | 54.4% | 14,337 | 58% |
| Public | 10,970,208 | 45.6% | 10,403 | 42% |
| Total | 24,044,412 | 100.0% | 24,740 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (44%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (20%). Western Cape accounted for 19%; Eastern Cape accounted for 7% and Mpumalanga accounted for 4%. Free State, Limpopo & North West each accounted for 2% and Northern Cape accounted for less than 1% of today’s new cases
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 08 April 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 08 April 2022 | Incident infections for 09 April 2022 | Possible reinfections for 09 April 2022 | New cases on 09 April 2022 | Total cases for 09 April 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 345,723 | 1 | 345,724 | 70 | 8 | 78 | 345,802 | 9.3 |
| Free State | 202,667 | 0 | 202,667 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 202,687 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1,213,830 | 7 | 1,213,837 | 459 | 66 | 525 | 1,214,362 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 662,856 | 0 | 662,856 | 207 | 30 | 237 | 663,093 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 155,968 | 0 | 155,968 | 21 | 3 | 24 | 155,992 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 193,571 | 1 | 193,572 | 41 | 6 | 47 | 193,619 | 5.2 |
| North West | 193,267 | -13 | 193,254 | 23 | 4 | 27 | 193,281 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 109,017 | -1 | 109,016 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 109,020 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 653,167 | 3 | 653,170 | 183 | 38 | 221 | 653,391 | 17.5 |
| Total | 3,730,066 | -2 | 3,730,064 | 1,023 | 160 | 1,183 | 3,731,247 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (4.8%), and is lower than yesterday (5.9%). The 7-day average is (6.0%) today, and is lower than yesterday (6.1%).
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