The institute reports 1,377 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,730,066. This increase represents a 5.9% 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 9 deaths and of these, 3 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,084 to date.
24,019,672 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,059,867 | 54.4% | 11,962 | 51.4% |
| Public | 10,959,805 | 45.6% | 11,330 | 48.6% |
| Total | 24,019,672 | 100.0% | 23,292 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (47%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (20%). Western Cape accounted for 19%; Eastern Cape accounted for 6% and Mpumalanga accounted for 3%. Free State & North West each accounted for 2% and Limpopo & Northern Cape each 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 07 April 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 07 April 2022 | Incident infections for 08 April 2022 | Possible reinfections for 08 April 2022 | New cases on 08 April 2022 | Total cases for 08 April 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 345,646 | 0 | 345,646 | 72 | 5 | 77 | 345,723 | 9.3 |
| Free State | 202,640 | 0 | 202,640 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 202,667 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1,213,184 | 0 | 1,213,184 | 556 | 90 | 646 | 1,213,830 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 662,584 | 0 | 662,584 | 237 | 35 | 272 | 662,856 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 155,954 | 0 | 155,954 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 155,968 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 193,527 | 0 | 193,527 | 36 | 8 | 44 | 193,571 | 5.2 |
| North West | 193,243 | 0 | 193,243 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 193,267 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 109,003 | 0 | 109,003 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 109,017 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 652,908 | 0 | 652,908 | 220 | 39 | 259 | 653,167 | 17.5 |
| Total | 3,728,689 | 0 | 3,728,689 | 1,192 | 185 | 1,377 | 3,730,066 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (5.9%), and is higher than yesterday (5.8%). The 7-day average is (6.1%) today, and is the same as yesterday (6.1%).
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 39 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 | 234,214 | 39,431 | 1,096 |
| Public | 407 | 279,477 | 62,209 | 1,042 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 513,691 | 101,640 | 2,138 |
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