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NICD Reports 3 169 New COVID-19 Cases On SA

The institute reports 3,169 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,634,811. This increase represents an 8.8% 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 203 deaths and of these, 12 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 96,705 to date.

22,591,175 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	12,240,809	54.2%	20,250	56.1%
Public	10,350,366	45.8%	15,863	43.9%
Total	22,591,175	100.0%	36,113	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (32%), followed by Western Cape (19%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 14%; Mpumalanga accounted for 12% and North West accounted for 7%. Free State and Limpopo each accounted for 6% respectively; Eastern Cape accounted for 4%; and Northern Cape accounted for 2% of today’s new cases.

The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 09 February 2022	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 09 February 2022	New cases on 10 February 2022	Total cases for 10 February 2022	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	341,900	0	341,900	119	342,019	9.4
Free State	198,414	0	198,414	176	198,590	5.5
Gauteng	1,177,022	0	1,177,022	1,003	1,178,025	32.4
KwaZulu-Natal	646,156	0	646,156	446	646,602	17.8
Limpopo	152,934	0	152,934	187	153,121	4.2
Mpumalanga	187,675	0	187,675	366	188,041	5.2
North West	187,940	0	187,940	224	188,164	5.2
Northern Cape	107,534	0	107,534	58	107,592	3.0
Western Cape	632,067	0	632,067	590	632,657	17.4
Total	3,631,642	0	3,631,642	3,169	3,634,811	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 8.8%, which is lower than yesterday (9.2%). The 7-day average is 8.5% today, which is lower than yesterday (8.8%).

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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	227,800	39,001	2,092
Public	407	274,241	61,712	2,262
TOTAL	666	502,041	100,713	4,354