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NICD Reports 2 226 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

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the institute reports 2,226 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,603,856. This increase represents a 9.5% 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 117 deaths and of these, 15 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 95,022 to date.

22,251,589 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	12,037,279	54.1%	16,200	69.4%
Public	10,214,310	45.9%	7,147	30.6%
Total	22,251,589	100.0%	23,347	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (34%), followed by Western Cape (16%). Kwa-Zulu Natal and Mpumalanga each accounted for 13% respectively; Limpopo and North West each accounted for 7% respectively; Free State accounted for 6%; Eastern Cape accounted for 4%; and Northern Cape accounted for 3% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 29 January 2022	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 29 January 2022	New cases on 30 January 2022	Total cases for 30 January 2022	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	340,767	0	340,767	99	340,866	9,5
Free State	196,560	-9	196,551	128	196,679	5,5
Gauteng	1,166,950	8	1,166,958	756	1,167,714	32,4
KwaZulu-Natal	642,218	0	642,218	256	642,474	17,8
Limpopo	150,375	0	150,375	157	150,532	4,2
Mpumalanga	184,574	0	184,574	276	184,850	5,1
North West	185,777	0	185,777	147	185,924	5,2
Northern Cape	106,904	1	106,905	56	106,961	3,0
Western Cape	627,505	0	627,505	351	627,856	17,4
Total	3,601,630	0	3,601,630	2,226	3,603,856	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 9.5%, which is lower than yesterday (10.1%). The 7-day average is 9.7% today, and is higher than yesterday (9.6%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 23 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	225,145	38,834	2,456
Public	407	271,631	61,320	3,027
TOTAL	666	496,776	100,154	5,483