The NICD reports 1,868 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,690,291. 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 25 deaths and of these, 10 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 99,681 to date.
23,343,250 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,681,763 | 54.3% | 15,058 | 52.4% |
| Public | 10,661,487 | 45.7% | 13,670 | 47.6% |
| Total | 23,343,250 | 100.0% | 28,728 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (34%), followed by Western Cape (24%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 16%; Limpopo and North West each accounted for 6% respectively; Mpumalanga accounted for 5%; Free State accounted for 4%; Eastern Cape 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:
| Province | Total cases for 9 March 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 9 March 2022 | New cases on 10 March 2022 | Total cases for 10 March 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 343,976 | 0 | 343,976 | 60 | 344,036 | 9.3 |
| Free State | 201,347 | 1 | 201,348 | 77 | 201,425 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,198,037 | 4 | 1,198,041 | 635 | 1,198,676 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 654,607 | 0 | 654,607 | 307 | 654,914 | 17.7 |
| Limpopo | 155,026 | 1 | 155,027 | 103 | 155,130 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 192,048 | 0 | 192,048 | 93 | 192,141 | 5.2 |
| North West | 191,715 | -6 | 191,709 | 121 | 191,830 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 108,539 | 0 | 108,539 | 22 | 108,561 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 643,128 | 0 | 643,128 | 450 | 643,578 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,688,423 | 0 | 3,688,423 | 1,868 | 3,690,291 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 6.5%, which is the same as yesterday (6.5%). The 7-day average is 6.0% today, which is lower than yesterday (6.1%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 45 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 | 230,468 | 39,188 | 1,143 |
| Public | 407 | 277,813 | 62,068 | 1,322 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 508,281 | 101,256 | 2,465 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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