The NICD reports 10,173 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,757,191. This increase represents a 18.1% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 274 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 81,461 to date.
16,292,228 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| PRIVATE | 8,933,926 | 55% | 22,118 | 39% |
| PUBLIC | 7,414,511 | 45% | 34,091 | 61% |
| Total | 16,348,437 | 56,209 |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal (30%), followed by Western Cape (23%). Eastern Cape accounted for 16%; Gauteng Province accounted for 8%; Free State accounted for 7%; Mpumalanga accounted for 6%; Northern Cape accounted for 5%; North West accounted for 4%; and Limpopo Province 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 27 August 2021 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 27 August 2021 | New cases on 28 August 2021 | Total cases for 28 August 2021 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 263534 | 0 | 263534 | 1623 | 265157 | 9.6 |
| Free State | 146163 | 4 | 146167 | 750 | 146917 | 5.3 |
| Gauteng | 903178 | -23 | 903155 | 806 | 903961 | 32.8 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 470999 | 10 | 471009 | 3017 | 474026 | 17.2 |
| Limpopo | 119354 | 4 | 119358 | 227 | 119585 | 4.3 |
| Mpumalanga | 142973 | 6 | 142979 | 596 | 143575 | 5.2 |
| North West | 142136 | -7 | 142129 | 366 | 142495 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 79615 | 4 | 79619 | 468 | 80087 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 479066 | 2 | 479068 | 2320 | 481388 | 17.5 |
| Total | 2747018 | 0 | 2747018 | 10173 | 2757191 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n= 10 173) is lower than yesterday (n= 12 045) and lower than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n= 10 995).
The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been 280 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 | 255 | 190 568 | 34 648 | 6 209 |
| Public | 409 | 215 060 | 52 255 | 7 041 |
| TOTAL | 664 | 405 628 | 86 903 | 13 250 |
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