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NICD Reports 1 980 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

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The NICD reports 1 980 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,698,803. This increase represents a 6.2% 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 40 deaths and of these, 3 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 99,767 to date.

23,485,052 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	12,759,995	54.3%	17,533	54.6%
Public	10,727,057	45.7%	14,560	45.4%
Total	23,485,052	100.0%	32,093	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (39%), followed by Western Cape (25%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 16%; Mpumalanga accounted for 5%; Eastern Cape. Free State and North West accounted for 4% each; Limpopo accounted for 2%; 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 15 March 2022	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 15 March 2022	Incident infections for 16 March 2022	Possible reinfections for 16 March 2022	New cases on 16 March 2022	Total cases for 16 March 2022
Eastern Cape	344,258	0	344,258	75	7	82	344,340
Free State	201,693	0	201,693	63	10	73	201,766
Gauteng	1,201,026	0	1,201,026	646	118	764	1,201,790
KwaZulu-Natal	656,082	0	656,082	286	31	317	656,399
Limpopo	155,362	0	155,362	34	4	38	155,400
Mpumalanga	192,462	0	192,462	87	15	102	192,564
North West	192,147	0	192,147	76	6	82	192,229
Northern Cape	108,656	0	108,656	26	3	29	108,685
Western Cape	645,137	0	645,137	430	63	493	645,630
Total	3,696,823	0	3,696,823	1,723	257	1,980	3,698,803

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE

The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 6.2%, which is higher than yesterday (5.8%). The 7-day average is 6.0% today, which is the same as yesterday (6.0%)

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 46 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	231,620	39,341	848
Public	407	278,261	62,098	1223
TOTAL	666	509,881	101,439	2,071