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NICD Reports 1 867 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

The NICD reports 1,867 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,688,423. This increase represents a 6.5% 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 13 deaths and of these, 10 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 99,656 to date.

23,314,522 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

SectorTotal testedNew tested
Private12,666,70554.3%15,60354.4%
Public10,647,81745.7%13,06445.6%
Total23,314,522100.0%28,667100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (37%), followed by Western Cape (26%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 15%; Free State, Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 5% respectively; Eastern Cape accounted for 4%; Limpopo accounted for 3%; and Northern Cape accounted for 1% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:

ProvinceTotal cases for 8 March 2022Adjusted numbers after harmonisationUpdated total cases on 8 March 2022New cases on 9 March 2022Total cases for 9 March 2022Percentage total
Eastern Cape343,9090343,90967343,9769.3
Free State201,2610201,26186201,3475.5
Gauteng1,197,357-31,197,3546831,198,03732.5
KwaZulu-Natal654,3261654,327280654,60717.7
Limpopo154,9650154,96561155,0264.2
Mpumalanga191,9560191,95692192,0485.2
North West191,6241191,62590191,7155.2
Northern Cape108,5140108,51425108,5392.9
Western Cape642,6441642,645483643,12817.4
Total3,686,55603,686,5561,8673,688,423100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 6.5%, which is higher than yesterday (5.5%). The 7-day average is 6.1% today, which is lower than yesterday (6.2%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 60 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours. The following table is a summary of reported COVID-19 admissions by sector.

SectorFacilities ReportingAdmissions
to Date
Died to DateCurrently Admitted
Private259230,39039,1851,152
Public407277,70262,0551,334
TOTAL666508,092101,2402,486

VACCINE UPDATE
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