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NICD Reports 2273 New COVID-19 Cases

AP via VOANews

The NICD reports 2,273 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,963,679. This increase represents a 10.7% positivity rate.

As per the National Department of Health, a further 25 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89 822 to date.

19,434,381 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	10,436,525	53.7%	14,985	70.3%
Public	8,997,856	46.3%	6,317	29.7%
Total	19,434,381	100.0%	21,302	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (84%), followed Western Cape accounting for 5%. KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 3%; Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 2% respectively; Free State and Limpopo each accounted for 1%. Eastern Cape and Northern Cape each accounted for less than 1% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 28 November 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 28 November 2021	New cases on 29 November 2021	Total cases for 29 November 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	293,164	0	293 164	10	293 174	9.9
Free State	165,506	0	165 506	21	165 527	5.6
Gauteng	941,810	1	941 811	1 909	943 720	31.8
KwaZulu-Natal	518,269	0	518 269	63	518 332	17.5
Limpopo	123,473	0	123 473	33	123 506	4.2
Mpumalanga	153,783	0	153 783	53	153 836	5.2
North West	154,035	0	154 035	55	154 090	5.2
Northern Cape	93,316	-1	93 315	10	93 325	3.1
Western Cape	518,050	0	518 050	119	518 169	17.5
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	2 961 406	0	2 961 406	2 273	2 963 679	100.0

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

The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 10.7% which higher than yesterday (9.8%). The 7-day average is 7.3% today, which is higher than yesterday (6.1%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 79 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	201,115	37,356	1,253
Public	407	236,445	57,214	1,075
TOTAL	665	437,560	94,570	2,328