The NICD reports 2,320 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,671,991. This increase represents a 7.0% 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 46 deaths, and of these, 6 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 99,191 to date.
23 053 022 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,510,695 | 54.3% | 16,551 | 50.1% |
| Public | 10,542,327 | 45.7% | 16,470 | 49.9% |
| Total | 23,053,022 | 100.0% | 33,021 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng Province (37%), followed by Western Cape (20%). KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 15%; North West accounted for 8%; Mpumalanga accounted for 7%; Free State accounted for 6%; Eastern Cape & Limpopo each accounted for 3% respectively; and 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 25 February 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 25 February 2022 | New cases on 26 February 2022 | Total cases for 26 February 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 343269 | 0 | 343269 | 77 | 343346 | 9.4 |
| Free State | 200441 | 0 | 200441 | 129 | 200570 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1191198 | 0 | 1191198 | 857 | 1192055 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 651338 | 0 | 651338 | 341 | 651679 | 17.7 |
| Limpopo | 154479 | 0 | 154479 | 71 | 154550 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 190955 | 0 | 190955 | 172 | 191127 | 5.2 |
| North West | 190668 | 0 | 190668 | 182 | 190850 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 108233 | 0 | 108233 | 33 | 108266 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 639090 | 0 | 639090 | 458 | 639548 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3669671 | 0 | 3669671 | 2320 | 3671991 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 7.0%, which is lower than yesterday (8.4%). The 7-day average is 7.7% today, which is lower than yesterday (7.8%). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has increased.
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