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NICD Reports 2 334 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

FILE - A nurse prepares to administer a vaccination against COVID-19, at a district health center in the low-income Kibera neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya, Jan. 20, 2022.

the institute reports 2,334 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,662,032. This increase represents a 7.3% 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 64 deaths and of these, 1 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 98,868 to date

22,928,257 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	12,439,144	54.3%	17,631	55.5%
Public	10,489,113	45.7%	14,143	44.5%
Total	22,928,257	100.0%	31,774	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (39%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal and Western Cape, each accounting for 15% respectively. North West accounted for 8%; Mpumalanga accounted for 7%; Eastern Cape and Free State each accounted for 5% respectively. Limpopo accounted for 3% and Northern Cape accounted for 2% of today’s new cases.

The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 21 February 2022	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 21 February 2022	New cases on 22 February 2022	Total cases for 22 February 2022	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	342,899	0	342,899	109	343,008	9.4
Free State	199,927	0	199,927	127	200,054	5.5
Gauteng	1,187,538	0	1,187,538	906	1,188,444	32.5
KwaZulu-Natal	649,756	0	649,756	359	650,115	17.8
Limpopo	154,181	0	154,181	81	154,262	4.2
Mpumalanga	190,198	0	190,198	174	190,372	5.2
North West	190,047	0	190,047	189	190,236	5.2
Northern Cape	108,076	0	108,076	36	108,112	3.0
Western Cape	637,076	0	637,076	353	637,429	17.4
Total	3,659,698	0	3,659,698	2,334	3,662,032	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE

The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 7.3%, which is lower than yesterday (7.4%). The 7-day average is 8.0% today, which is lower than yesterday (8.1%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

There has been an increase of 73 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	228,959	39,093	1,466
Public	407	276,078	61,954	1,675
TOTAL	666	505,037	101,047	3,141