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NICD Reports 3 118 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

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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