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NICD Reports 1 266 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

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The NICD reports 1,266 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,673,257. This increase represents a 6.7% 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 38 deaths and of these, 2 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 99,229 to date.

23,071,788 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	12,523,405	54.3%	12,710	67.7%
Public	10,548,383	45.7%	6,056	32.3%
Total	23,071,788	100.0%	18,766	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (42%), followed by Western Cape (18%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 16%; Mpumalanga accounted for 8% and North West accounted for 7%. Free State accounted for 5%; 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 26 February 2022	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 26 February 2022	New cases on 27 February 2022	Total cases for 27 February 2022	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	343,346	0	343,346	35	343,381	9.3
Free State	200,570	0	200,570	63	200,633	5.5
Gauteng	1,192,055	0	1,192,055	529	1,192,584	32.5
KwaZulu-Natal	651,679	0	651,679	197	651,876	17.7
Limpopo	154,550	0	154,550	23	154,573	4.2
Mpumalanga	191,127	0	191,127	98	191,225	5.2
North West	190,850	0	190,850	84	190,934	5.2
Northern Cape	108,266	0	108,266	12	108,278	2.9
Western Cape	639,548	0	639,548	225	639,773	17.4
Total	3,671,991	0	3,671,991	1,266	3,673,257	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE

The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 6.7%, which is lower than yesterday (7.0%). The 7-day average is 7.6% today, which is lower than yesterday (7.7%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 11 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	229,462	39,112	1,428
Public	407	276,675	61,920	1,551
TOTAL	666	506,137	101,032	2,979