the institute reports 1,649 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 675 691. This increase represents a 6.3% 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, 6 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 99,430 to date.
23 111 817 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,548,694 | 54.3% | 16,163 | 61.3% |
| Public | 10,563,123 | 45.7% | 10,197 | 38.7% |
| Total | 23,111,817 | 100.0% | 26,360 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng Province (37%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape, each accounting for 20% and 19%, respectively. Mpumalanga accounted for 7%; Free State, Eastern Cape and North West each accounted for 4%; Limpopo accounted for 3% and Northern Cape for 2% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 28 February 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 28 February 2022 | New cases on 01 March 2022 | Total cases for 01 March 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 343394 | 1 | 343395 | 74 | 343469 | 9.3 |
| Free State | 200673 | 5 | 200678 | 64 | 200742 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1192902 | -3 | 1192899 | 606 | 1193505 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 652034 | 0 | 652034 | 337 | 652371 | 17.7 |
| Limpopo | 154581 | 8 | 154589 | 55 | 154644 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 191270 | 3 | 191273 | 109 | 191382 | 5.2 |
| North West | 190973 | -20 | 190953 | 65 | 191018 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 108286 | 4 | 108290 | 31 | 108321 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 639929 | 2 | 639931 | 308 | 640239 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3674042 | 0 | 3674042 | 1649 | 3675691 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 6.3%, which is higher than yesterday (5.7%). The 7-day average is 7.4% today, which is higher than yesterday (7.2%). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 49 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 | 229669 | 39121 | 1375 |
| Public | 407 | 276911 | 61951 | 1512 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 506580 | 101072 | 2887 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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