The NICD reports 1,291 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 733 919. This increase represents a 5.6% 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 18 deaths, and of these, 2 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,116 to date.
24,094,335 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,104,234 | 54.4% | 12,966 | 56.3% |
| Public | 10,990,101 | 45.6% | 10,064 | 43.7% |
| Total | 24,094,335 | 100.0% | 23,030 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng Province (46%), followed by Western Cape (21%). KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 19%; Eastern Cape accounted for 6%; Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 2% respectively, 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 11 April 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 11 April 2022 | Incident infections for 12 April 2022 | Possible reinfections for 12 April 2022 | New cases on 12 April 2022 | Total cases for 12 April 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 345847 | 0 | 345847 | 74 | 7 | 81 | 345928 | 9.3 |
| Free State | 202709 | 0 | 202709 | 22 | 4 | 26 | 202735 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1215011 | 0 | 1215011 | 515 | 77 | 592 | 1215603 | 32.6 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 663361 | 0 | 663361 | 215 | 30 | 245 | 663606 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 156013 | 0 | 156013 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 156035 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 193667 | 0 | 193667 | 25 | 6 | 31 | 193698 | 5.2 |
| North West | 193300 | 0 | 193300 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 193322 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 109026 | 0 | 109026 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 109033 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 653694 | 0 | 653694 | 228 | 37 | 265 | 653959 | 17.5 |
| Total | 3732628 | 0 | 3732628 | 1126 | 165 | 1291 | 3733919 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (5.6%), and is higher than yesterday (5.0%). The 7-day average is (5.8%) today, and is lower than yesterday (5.9%). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 43 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 | 234406 | 39446 | 1062 |
| Public | 407 | 279682 | 62224 | 1040 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 514088 | 101670 | 2102 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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