The NICD reports 1,366 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,605,222. This increase represents a 8.1% 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 71 deaths and of these, 14 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 95,093 to date.
22,268,519 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,049,437 | 54.1% | 12,158 | 71.8% |
| Public | 10,219,082 | 45.9% | 4,772 | 28.2% |
| Total | 22,268,519 | 100.0% | 16,930 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (41%), followed by Western Cape (14%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 13%; Mpumalanga accounted for 10%; Free State, Limpopo & North West each accounted for 6% respectively; Eastern Cape accounted for 3%; and Northern Cape accounted for 2% of today’s new cases.
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 30 January 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 30 January 2022 | New cases on 31 January 2022 | Total cases for 31 January 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 340,866 | 0 | 340,866 | 38 | 340,904 | 9,5 |
| Free State | 196,679 | 0 | 196,679 | 86 | 196,765 | 5,5 |
| Gauteng | 1,167,714 | 1 | 1,167,715 | 563 | 1,168,278 | 32,4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 642,474 | 0 | 642,474 | 175 | 642,649 | 17,8 |
| Limpopo | 150,532 | 0 | 150,532 | 86 | 150,618 | 4,2 |
| Mpumalanga | 184,850 | -1 | 184,849 | 132 | 184,981 | 5,1 |
| North West | 185,924 | 0 | 185,924 | 76 | 186,000 | 5,2 |
| Northern Cape | 106,961 | -1 | 106,960 | 21 | 106,981 | 3,0 |
| Western Cape | 627,856 | 1 | 627,857 | 189 | 628,046 | 17,4 |
| Total | 3,603,856 | 0 | 3,603,856 | 1,366 | 3,605,222 | 100,0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 8.1%, which is lower than yesterday (9.5%). The 7-day average is 9.7% today, and is the same as yesterday (9.7%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 63 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 | 225,237 | 38,844 | 2,397 |
| Public | 407 | 271,866 | 61,360 | 2,958 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 497,103 | 100,204 | 5,355 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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