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NICD Reports 2 783 New COVID-19 Cases

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The NICD reports 2,783 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,892,081. This increase represents a 6.8% positivity rate.

As per the National Department of Health, a further 155 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 86,655 to date. 17,493,443 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
PRIVATE	9,443,496	54.0%	18,056	44.4%
PUBLIC	8,049,947	46.0%	22,604	55.6%
Total	17,493,443		40,660

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal (22%), followed by Western Cape (18%). Eastern Cape accounted for 15%; Northern Cape accounted for 12%; Free State & Gauteng Province each accounted for 11% respectively; Mpumalanga accounted for 5%; North West accounted for 3%; and Limpopo accounted for 2% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 22 Sept 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 22 Sept 2021	New cases on 23 Sept 2021	Total cases for 23 Sept 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	288,676	0	288,676	415	289,091	10,0
Free State	159,852	2	159,854	308	160,162	5,5
Gauteng	914,786	-2	914,784	303	915,087	31,6
KwaZulu-Natal	508,613	0	508,613	616	509,229	17,6
Limpopo	121,657	-2	121,655	43	121,698	4,2
Mpumalanga	150,254	2	150,256	149	150,405	5,2
North West	148,805	1	148,806	97	148,903	5,1
Northern Cape	89,327	-4	89,323	339	89,662	3,1
Western Cape	507,328	3	507,331	513	507,844	17,6
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0,0
Total	2,889,298	0	2,889,298	2,783	2,892,081	100,0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n= 2 783) is lower than yesterday (n= 2 967) and higher than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n= 2 667). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 174 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	258	198,092	36,394	3,823
Public	409	228,921	55,758	3,642
TOTAL	667	427,013	92,152	7,465

VACCINE UPDATE

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