the institute reports 2 862 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 an 8.7% 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 146 deaths and of these, 8 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 96 851 to date.
22 624 015 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12 259 641 | 54.2% | 18 832 | 56.1% |
| Public | 10 364 374 | 45.8% | 14 008 | 43.9% |
| Total | 22 624 015 | 100.0% | 32 840 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (38%), followed by Western Cape (16%).
KwaZulu Natal and Mpumalanga each accounted for 11% respectively. Free State, Limpopo and the North West each accounted for 6% respectively; while Eastern Cape and Northern Cape each accounting for 3% each of today’s new cases.
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 10 February 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 10 February 2022 | New cases on 11 February 2022 | Total cases for 11 February 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 342019 | 0 | 342019 | 82 | 342101 | 9.4 |
| Free State | 198590 | 0 | 198590 | 161 | 198751 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1178025 | 0 | 1178025 | 1095 | 1179120 | 32.4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 646602 | 0 | 646602 | 329 | 646931 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 153121 | 0 | 153121 | 159 | 153280 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 188041 | 0 | 188041 | 312 | 188353 | 5.2 |
| North West | 188164 | 0 | 188164 | 162 | 188326 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 107592 | 0 | 107592 | 90 | 107682 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 632657 | 0 | 632657 | 472 | 633129 | 17.4 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 3634811 | 0 | 3634811 | 2862 | 3637673 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 8.7%, which is lower than yesterday (8.8%). The 7-day average is 8.5% today, which is the same as yesterday (8.5%)
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 103 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 | 227 856 | 39 004 | 2 051 |
| Public | 407 | 274 456 | 61 743 | 2 177 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 502 312 | 100 747 | 4 228 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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