The institute reports 1 206 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 740 398. 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 2 deaths, and of these, 2 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,144 to date.
24 179 126 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,153,488 | 54.4% | 9,098 | 52.1% |
| Public | 11,025,638 | 45.6% | 8,349 | 47.9% |
| Total | 24,179,126 | 100.0% | 17,447 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng Province (57%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (17%). Western Cape accounted for 15%; Eastern Cape and Free State each accounted for 3% respectively; Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 2% respectively; Northern Cape accounted for 1%; and Limpopo accounted for 0% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 15 April 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 15 April 2022 | Incident infections for 16 April 2022 | Possible reinfections for 16 April 2022 | New cases on 16 April 2022 | Total cases for 16 April 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 346209 | 0 | 346209 | 32 | 2 | 34 | 346243 | 9.3 |
| Free State | 202859 | 0 | 202859 | 39 | 3 | 42 | 202901 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1218174 | 0 | 1218174 | 607 | 77 | 684 | 1218858 | 32.6 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 664547 | 0 | 664547 | 186 | 20 | 206 | 664753 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 156068 | 0 | 156068 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 156072 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 193803 | 0 | 193803 | 21 | 3 | 24 | 193827 | 5.2 |
| North West | 193419 | 0 | 193419 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 193438 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 109082 | 0 | 109082 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 109089 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 655031 | 0 | 655031 | 162 | 24 | 186 | 655217 | 17.5 |
| Total | 3739192 | 0 | 3739192 | 1074 | 132 | 1206 | 3740398 | 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%), and is lower than yesterday (8.4%). The 7-day average is (6.6%) today, and is higher than yesterday (6.3%). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has increased.
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 2 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 | 237302 | 39835 | 1073 |
| Public | 407 | 279807 | 62232 | 1012 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 517109 | 102067 | 2085 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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