The institute reports 3 237 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 844 625. This increase represents an 18.7% 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 10 deaths, and of these, 4 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,533 to date.
24 693 273 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,464,257 | 54.5% | 11,200 | 64.7% |
| Public | 11,229,016 | 45.5% | 6,110 | 35.3% |
| Total | 24,693,273 | 100.0% | 17,310 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng Province (52%) followed by KwaZulu-Natal (20%). Western Cape accounted for 11%; Eastern Cape and Free State each accounted for 5% respectively. Mpumalanga, North West and Northern Cape each accounted for 2% respectively; and Limpopo 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 08 May 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 08 May 2022 | Incident infections for 09 May 2022 | Possible reinfections for 09 May 2022 | New cases on 09 May 2022 | Total cases for 09 May 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 351,128 | 0 | 351,128 | 144 | 19 | 163 | 351,291 | 9.1 |
| Free State | 206,988 | 2 | 206,990 | 135 | 18 | 153 | 207,143 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1,264,618 | 6 | 1,264,624 | 1,451 | 227 | 1,678 | 1,266,302 | 32.9 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 690,202 | -8 | 690,194 | 583 | 79 | 662 | 690,856 | 18.0 |
| Limpopo | 157,067 | 0 | 157,067 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 157,084 | 4.1 |
| Mpumalanga | 196,166 | 0 | 196,166 | 66 | 11 | 77 | 196,243 | 5.1 |
| North West | 195,713 | 0 | 195,713 | 55 | 11 | 66 | 195,779 | 5.1 |
| Northern Cape | 110,412 | -2 | 110,410 | 47 | 6 | 53 | 110,463 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 669,094 | 2 | 669,096 | 314 | 54 | 368 | 669,464 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,841,388 | 0 | 3,841,388 | 2,810 | 427 | 3,237 | 3,844,625 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (18.7%), and is lower than yesterday (25.3%). The 7-day average is (24.0%) today, and is lower than yesterday (24.3%)
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 67 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 | 261 | 240,793 | 39,985 | 1,299 |
| Public | 407 | 282,235 | 62,449 | 1,287 |
| TOTAL | 668 | 523,028 | 102,434 | 2,586 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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