The NICD reports 3,118 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,665,149. 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 110 deaths and of these, 6 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 98,978 to date.
22,964,127 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,458,912 | 54.3% | 19,768 | 55.1% |
| Public | 10,505,215 | 45.7% | 16,102 | 44.9% |
| Total | 22,964,127 | 100.0% | 35,870 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (36%), followed by Western Cape (21%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 15%; Mpumalanga accounted for 9% and North West accounted for 7%. Free State accounted for 4%; Eastern Cape and Limpopo each accounted for 3% respectively and Northern Cape accounted for 1% of today’s new cases.
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 22 February 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 22 February 2022 | New cases on 23 February 2022 | Total cases for 23 February 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 343,008 | 4 | 343,012 | 103 | 343,115 | 9.4 |
| Free State | 200,054 | 7 | 200,061 | 138 | 200,199 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,188,444 | -12 | 1,188,432 | 1,114 | 1,189,546 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 650,115 | -16 | 650,099 | 463 | 650,562 | 17.7 |
| Limpopo | 154,262 | 1 | 154,263 | 99 | 154,362 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 190,372 | 4 | 190,376 | 268 | 190,644 | 5.2 |
| North West | 190,236 | 2 | 190,238 | 233 | 190,471 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 108,112 | 0 | 108,112 | 42 | 108,154 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 637,429 | 9 | 637,438 | 658 | 638,096 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,662,032 | -1 | 3,662,031 | 3,118 | 3,665,149 | 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 higher than yesterday (7.3%). The 7-day average is 7.9% today, which is lower than yesterday (8.0%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 86 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 | 229,137 | 39,099 | 1,486 |
| Public | 407 | 276,234 | 61,915 | 1,611 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 505,371 | 101,014 | 3,097 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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