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NICD Reports 1 868 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

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