Be Smart About South Africa

NICD Reports 2 364 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

The Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku with teams of field workers in Ekurhuleni District, Glen Marikana Informal settlement to form part of the screening and testing campaign aimed to combat the spread of COVID-19 on 17 April 2020. Pictures: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

The institute reports 2,364 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,645,269. This increase represents a 7.7% 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 181 deaths and of these, 7 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 97,431 to date.

22,723,984 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	12,322,333	54.2%	18,970	61.7%
Public	10,401,651	45.8%	11,761	38.3%
Total	22,723,984	100.0%	30,731	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (42%), followed by Western Cape (16%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 14%; Mpumalanga accounted for 7%; Free State accounted for 6%; North West accounted for 5%; 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:

Province	Total cases for 14 Feb 2022	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 14 Feb 2022	New cases on 15 Feb 2022	Total cases for 15 Feb 2022	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	342,276	0	342,276	101	342,377	9.4
Free State	199,003	0	199,003	131	199,134	5.5
Gauteng	1,181,117	0	1,181,117	983	1,182,100	32.4
KwaZulu-Natal	647,656	0	647,656	326	647,982	17.8
Limpopo	153,529	-4	153,525	106	153,631	4.2
Mpumalanga	188,842	3	188,845	177	189,022	5.2
North West	188,620	2	188,622	123	188,745	5.2
Northern Cape	107,778	-2	107,776	43	107,819	3.0
Western Cape	634,084	1	634,085	374	634,459	17.4
Total	3,642,905	0	3,642,905	2,364	3,645,269	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 7.7%, which is higher than yesterday (6.9%). The 7-day average is 8.1% today, which is lower than yesterday (8.2%).

For detailed information, visit the GIS Dashboard.

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 110 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	228,237	39,036	1,880
Public	407	274,923	61,816	1,922
TOTAL	666	503,250	100,852	3,802