The institute reports 2,409 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3, 528, 463. This increase represents a 14% positivity rate.
As per the National Department of Health, a further 77COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 92,530 to date.
21,570,563 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 11,649,445 | 54.0% | 12,585 | 73.2% |
| Public | 9,921,118 | 46.0% | 4,612 | 26.8% |
| Total | 21,570,563 | 100.0% | 17,197 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (34%), followed by Western Cape (23%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 21%; Free State accounted for 5%; Eastern Cape & Mpumalanga each accounted for 4% respectively; North West & Northern Cape each accounted for 3% respectively; and Limpopo accounted for 2% of today’s new cases respectively.
The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 09 January 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 09 January 2022 | New cases on 10 January 2022 | Total cases for 10 January 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 335,189 | 0 | 335,189 | 105 | 335,294 | 9.5 |
| Free State | 192,754 | 0 | 192,754 | 112 | 192,866 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,148,061 | 0 | 1,148,061 | 828 | 1,148,889 | 32.6 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 629,101 | 0 | 629,101 | 497 | 629,598 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 143,848 | -1 | 143,847 | 60 | 143,907 | 4.1 |
| Mpumalanga | 179,484 | 0 | 179,484 | 100 | 179,584 | 5.1 |
| North West | 181,611 | 1 | 181,612 | 73 | 181,685 | 5.1 |
| Northern Cape | 104,505 | 0 | 104,505 | 76 | 104,581 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 611,501 | 0 | 611,501 | 558 | 612,059 | 17.3 |
| Total | 3,526,054 | 0 | 3,526,054 | 2,409 | 3,528,463 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 14.0% which is lower than yesterday (17.6%). The 7-day average is 19.2% today, which is lower than yesterday (19.8%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 177 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 | 220,559 | 38,355 | 3,329 |
| Public | 407 | 263,010 | 59,888 | 5,454 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 483,569 | 98,243 | 8,783 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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