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NICD Reports 1 306 New COVID-19 Cases

The NICD reports 1,306 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,905,613. This increase represents a 4.0% positivity rate.

As per the National Department of Health, a further 48 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 87,753 to date. 17,760,235tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
PRIVATE	9 573 635	53.9%	16 079	49.6%
PUBLIC	8 186 600	46.1%	16 325	50.4%
Total	17 760 235		32 404

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Western Cape (22%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (18%). Gauteng Province accounted for 14%; Eastern Cape accounted for 13%; Free State accounted for 11%; Northern Cape accounted for 9%; Mpumalanga accounted for 6%; North West accounted for 4%, and Limpopo accounted for 2% of today’s new cases.

The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 01 October 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 01 October 2021	New cases on 02 October 2021	Total cases for 02 October 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	290,603	0	290,603	168	290,771	10.0
Free State	161,507	0	161,507	145	161,652	5.6
Gauteng	916,571	-3	916,568	183	916,751	31.6
KwaZulu-Natal	512,134	0	512,134	238	512,372	17.6
Limpopo	121,858	1	121,859	29	121,888	4.2
Mpumalanga	150,973	1	150,974	77	151,051	5.2
North West	149,566	0	149,566	57	149,623	5.1
Northern Cape	90,882	1	90,883	124	91,007	3.1
Western Cape	510,213	0	510,213	285	510,498	17.6
Total	2,904,307	0	2,904,307	1306	2,905,613	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCEThe total number of cases today (n=1 306) is lower than yesterday (n=1 635) and lower than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n=1 377).

The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 51 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	258	199,087	36,653	3,380
Public	409	231,036	56,312	2,960
TOTAL	667	430,123	92,965	6,340