The NICD reports 3,699 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,648,968. This increase represents a 9.7% 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 89 deaths and of these, 7 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 97,520 to date.
22,762,117 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,343,731 | 54.2% | 21,398 | 56.1% |
| Public | 10,418,386 | 45.8% | 16,735 | 43.9% |
| Total | 22,762,117 | 100.0% | 38,133 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (36%), followed by Western Cape (17%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 12%; Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 9% respectively; Free State accounted for 6%; Limpopo accounted for 5%; 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 15 Feb 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 15 Feb 2022 | New cases on 16 Feb 2022 | Total cases for 16 Feb 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 342,377 | 0 | 342,377 | 143 | 342,520 | 9.4 |
| Free State | 199,134 | 0 | 199,134 | 237 | 199,371 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,182,100 | 2 | 1,182,102 | 1,328 | 1,183,430 | 32.4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 647,982 | 0 | 647,982 | 458 | 648,440 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 153,631 | 0 | 153,631 | 176 | 153,807 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 189,022 | -3 | 189,019 | 317 | 189,336 | 5.2 |
| North West | 188,745 | 1 | 188,746 | 338 | 189,084 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 107,819 | 0 | 107,819 | 66 | 107,885 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 634,459 | 0 | 634,459 | 636 | 635,095 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,645,269 | 0 | 3,645,269 | 3,699 | 3,648,968 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 9.7%, which is higher than yesterday (7.7%). The 7-day average is 8.2% today, which is higher than yesterday (8.1%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 78 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 | 228,501 | 39,047 | 1,872 |
| Public | 407 | 275,159 | 61,840 | 1,842 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 503,660 | 100,887 | 3,714 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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