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NICD Reports 2 267 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

The NICD reports 2,267 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,657,091. This increase represents a 7.5% 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 319 deaths and of these, 9 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 98,617 to date.

22,860,591 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

SectorTotal testedNew tested
Private12,397,76054.2%16,65554.8%
Public10,462,83145.8%13,76445.2%
Total22,860,591100.0%30,419100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (37%), followed by Western Cape (20%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 12%; Mpumalanga accounted for 10%; North West and Free State each accounted for 6% respectively; Eastern Cape and Limpopo each accounted for 4% respectively; and Northern Cape accounted for 2% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:

ProvinceTotal cases for 18 Feb 2022Adjusted numbers after harmonisationUpdated total cases on 18 Feb 2022New cases on 19 Feb 2022Total cases for 19 Feb 2022Percentage total
Eastern Cape342,7390342,73985342,8249.4
Free State199,6700199,670130199,8005.5
Gauteng1,185,67001,185,6708471,186,51732.4
KwaZulu-Natal649,2080649,208271649,47917.8
Limpopo154,0330154,03385154,1184.2
Mpumalanga189,7840189,784230190,0145.2
North West189,5720189,572140189,7125.2
Northern Cape107,9920107,99236108,0283.0
Western Cape636,1560636,156443636,59917.4
Total3,654,82403,654,8242,2673,657,091100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 7.5%, which is lower than yesterday (8.4%). The 7-day average is 8.1% today, which is lower than yesterday (8.2%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 36hospital admissions in the past 24 hours. The following table is a summary of reported COVID-19 admissions by sector.

SectorFacilities ReportingAdmissions
to Date
Died to DateCurrently Admitted
Private259228,68839,0731,563
Public407275,62861,9081,760
TOTAL666504,316100,9813,323

VACCINE UPDATE
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