the institute reports 2,489 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,637,673. This increase represents a 7.6% 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 134 deaths and of these, 9 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 96,985 to date.
22,656,918 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,278,604 | 54.2% | 18,963 | 57.6% |
| Public | 10,378,314 | 45.8% | 13,940 | 42.4% |
| Total | 22,656,918 | 100.0% | 32,903 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (38%), followed by Western Cape (17%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 14%; Mpumalanga accounted for 9%; Limpopo and North West each accounted for 6% respectively; Free State accounted for 5%; Eastern Cape 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 11 Feb 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 11 Feb 2022 | New cases on 12 Feb 2022 | Total cases for 12 Feb 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 342,101 | 0 | 342,101 | 85 | 342,186 | 9.4 |
| Free State | 198,751 | 0 | 198,751 | 127 | 198,878 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,179,120 | 0 | 1,179,120 | 942 | 1,180,062 | 32.4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 646,931 | 0 | 646,931 | 349 | 647,280 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 153,280 | 0 | 153,280 | 141 | 153,421 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 188,353 | 0 | 188,353 | 233 | 188,586 | 5.2 |
| North West | 188,326 | 0 | 188,326 | 141 | 188,467 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 107,682 | -1 | 107,681 | 53 | 107,734 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 633,129 | 1 | 633,130 | 418 | 633,548 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,637,673 | 0 | 3,637,673 | 2,489 | 3,640,162 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 7.6%, which is lower than yesterday (8.7%). The 7-day average is 8.3% today, which is lower than yesterday (8.5%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 43 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 | 227,988 | 39,009 | 2,045 |
| Public | 407 | 274,504 | 61,742 | 2,111 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 502,492 | 100,751 | 4,156 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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