The institute reports 2,650 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 798 413. This increase represents a 21% positivity rate.
Today, the National Department of Health (NDoH) reports 7 deaths and of these, 5 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,370 to date.
24 505 584 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,348,750 | 54.5% | 8,145 | 64.5% |
| Public | 11,156,834 | 45.5% | 4,481 | 35.5% |
| Total | 24,505,584 | 100.0% | 12,626 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng Province (51%) followed by KwaZulu-Natal (23%). Western Cape accounted for 13%; Free State accounted for 5%; Mpumalanga accounted for 3%; Eastern Cape and North West each accounted for 2% respectively; and Limpopo and Northern Cape each accounted for 1% respectively of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 01 May 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 01 May 2022 | Incident infections for 02 May 2022 | Possible reinfections for 02 May 2022 | New cases on 02 May 2022 | Total cases for 02 May 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 348520 | 0 | 348520 | 59 | 7 | 66 | 348586 | 9.2 |
| Free State | 204783 | 0 | 204783 | 100 | 21 | 121 | 204904 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1245562 | 0 | 1245562 | 1167 | 172 | 1339 | 1246901 | 32.8 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 678352 | 0 | 678352 | 547 | 72 | 619 | 678971 | 17.9 |
| Limpopo | 156624 | 0 | 156624 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 156639 | 4.1 |
| Mpumalanga | 195059 | 0 | 195059 | 68 | 7 | 75 | 195134 | 5.1 |
| North West | 194615 | 0 | 194615 | 38 | 7 | 45 | 194660 | 5.1 |
| Northern Cape | 109700 | 0 | 109700 | 28 | 7 | 35 | 109735 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 662548 | 0 | 662548 | 290 | 45 | 335 | 662883 | 17.5 |
| Total | 3795763 | 0 | 3795763 | 2311 | 339 | 2650 | 3798413 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (21.0%), and is lower than yesterday (22.0%). The 7-day average is (20.7%) today, and is higher than yesterday (20.4%). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has increased.
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 32 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 | 261 | 239270 | 39944 | 1036 |
| Public | 407 | 281132 | 62355 | 1135 |
| TOTAL | 668 | 520402 | 102299 | 2171 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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