The institute reports 1 691 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 560 921. This increase represents a 9.3% 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 87 deaths and of these, 25 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 93 451 to date.
21 815 463 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 11,786,206 | 54% | 12,462 | 68.6% |
| Public | 10,029,257 | 46% | 5,709 | 31.4% |
| Total | 21,815,463 | 18,171 |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng Province (27%), followed by Western Cape (19%). KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 17%; Mpumalanga accounted for 11%; Limpopo and North West each accounted for 7% respectively; Free State accounted for 6%; Eastern Cape accounted for 5%; and Northern Cape 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 16 January 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 16 January 2022 | New cases on 17 January 2022 | Total cases for 17 January 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 338321 | 3 | 338324 | 86 | 338410 | 9.5 |
| Free State | 194208 | -9 | 194199 | 95 | 194294 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1155508 | 9 | 1155517 | 456 | 1155973 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 635820 | 3 | 635823 | 285 | 636108 | 17.9 |
| Limpopo | 145866 | 3 | 145869 | 119 | 145988 | 4.1 |
| Mpumalanga | 180880 | 0 | 180880 | 185 | 181065 | 5.1 |
| North West | 182963 | -9 | 182954 | 110 | 183064 | 5.1 |
| Northern Cape | 105725 | 0 | 105725 | 39 | 105764 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 619939 | 0 | 619939 | 316 | 620255 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3559230 | 0 | 3559230 | 1691 | 3560921 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 9.3% which is lower than yesterday (10.6%). The 7-day average is 12.8% today, which is lower than yesterday (13.4%). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 114 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 | 222502 | 38570 | 2884 |
| Public | 407 | 267298 | 60646 | 4816 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 489800 | 99216 | 7700 |
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