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NICD Reports 1 183 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

Gauteng healthcare workers screening Alexandra residents for coronavirus (COVID-19) on 31 March 2020 following the roll out of massive community screenings and testing programmes by the provincial executive council. Picture: Ahmed Kajee/EWN.

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%).