The NICD reports 2,032 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,727,208. This increase represents an 8.6% 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 3 deaths and of these, 1 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,070 to date.
23,971,040 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,034,745 | 54.4% | 13,166 | 55.5% |
| Public | 10,936,295 | 45.6% | 10,565 | 44.5% |
| Total | 23,971,040 | 100.0% | 23,731 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (40%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (24%). Western Cape accounted for 22%; Eastern Cape accounted for 5%; Free State, Mpumalanga, and North West each accounted for 2% respectively; Limpopo and Northern Cape each 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 05 April 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 05 April 2022 | Incident infections for 06 April 2022 | Possible reinfections for 06 April 2022 | New cases on 06 April 2022 | Total cases for 06 April 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 345,446 | 1 | 345,447 | 92 | 19 | 111 | 345,558 | 9.3 |
| Free State | 202,559 | 0 | 202,559 | 36 | 5 | 41 | 202,600 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1,211,785 | 1 | 1,211,786 | 701 | 107 | 808 | 1,212,594 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 661,793 | -3 | 661,790 | 425 | 59 | 484 | 662,274 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 155,904 | 0 | 155,904 | 28 | 1 | 29 | 155,933 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 193,435 | 0 | 193,435 | 39 | 5 | 44 | 193,479 | 5.2 |
| North West | 193,167 | 0 | 193,167 | 42 | 3 | 45 | 193,212 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 108,969 | 0 | 108,969 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 108,991 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 652,119 | 0 | 652,119 | 374 | 74 | 448 | 652,567 | 17.5 |
| Total | 3,725,177 | -1 | 3,725,176 | 1,759 | 273 | 2,032 | 3,727,208 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (8.6%), and is higher than yesterday (6.2%) .The 7-day average is (6.2%) today, and is higher than yesterday (5.9%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 40 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 | 233,733 | 39,423 | 1,071 |
| Public | 407 | 279,371 | 62,202 | 1,112 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 513,104 | 101,625 | 2,183 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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