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NICD Reports 2 828 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

FILE PHOTO: Beds are seen at a temporary field hospital set up in a sports complex by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

The institute reports 2,828 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,955,328. This increase represents a 9.1% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 12 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89,783to date.

19,348,954 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	10,382,027	53.7%	15,763	51.0%
Public	8,966,937	46.3%	15,141	49.0%
Total	19,348,954	100.0%	30,904	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (77%), followed by Western Cape accounting for 5%. KwaZulu-Natal and North West each accounted for 4% respectively; Limpopo and Mpumalanga each accounted for 3% respectively; Free state accounted for 2%; and Eastern Cape and Northern Cape each accounted for 1% respectively of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 25 Nov 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 25 Nov 2021	New cases on 26 Nov 2021	Total cases for 26 Nov 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	293,098	-1	293,097	25	293,122	9.9
Free State	165,395	0	165,395	51	165,446	5.6
Gauteng	934,688	1	934,689	2,173	936,862	31.7
KwaZulu-Natal	517,949	0	517,949	108	518,057	17.5
Limpopo	123,276	0	123,276	88	123,364	4.2
Mpumalanga	153,500	0	153,500	95	153,595	5.2
North West	153,723	0	153,723	116	153,839	5.2
Northern Cape	93,229	0	93,229	33	93,262	3.2
Western Cape	517,642	0	517,642	139	517,781	17.5
Total	2,952,500	0	2,952,500	2,828	2,955,328	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE

The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 9.2% which is higher than yesterday (6.5%). The 7-day average is 4.3% today, which is higher than yesterday (3.4%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 60 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	200,989	37,354	1,241
Public	407	236,155	57,189	970
TOTAL	665	437,144	94,543	2,211