The institute reports 3,789 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 598,288. This increase represents a 10.6% 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 133 deaths and of these, 47 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 94,784 to date.
22,195,053 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,002,920 | 54.1% | 19,886 | 55.5% |
| Public | 10,192,133 | 45.9% | 15,920 | 44.5% |
| Total | 22,195,053 | 100.0% | 35,806 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (32%), followed by Western Cape (14%). Kwa-Zulu Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga each accounted for 11% respectively; Free State accounted for 7%; North West accounted for 6%; Eastern Cape accounted for 4%; and Northern Cape accounted for 3% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 27 January 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 27 January 2022 | New cases on 28 January 2022 | Total cases for 28 January 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 340,473 | 0 | 340,473 | 156 | 340,629 | 340473 |
| Free State | 196,067 | 0 | 196,067 | 269 | 196,336 | 5,5 |
| Gauteng | 1,164,682 | 0 | 1,164,682 | 1,218 | 1,165,900 | 32,4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 641,435 | 0 | 641,435 | 430 | 641,865 | 17,8 |
| Limpopo | 149,518 | 0 | 149,518 | 432 | 149,950 | 4,2 |
| Mpumalanga | 183,806 | 0 | 183,806 | 419 | 184,225 | 5,1 |
| North West | 185,320 | 0 | 185,320 | 243 | 185,563 | 5,2 |
| Northern Cape | 106,731 | -2 | 106,729 | 101 | 106,830 | 3,0 |
| Western Cape | 626,467 | 2 | 626,469 | 521 | 626,990 | 17,4 |
| Total | 3,594,499 | 0 | 3,594,499 | 3,789 | 3,598,288 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 10.6%, which is higher than yesterday (10.5%). The 7-day average is 9.4% today, and is higher than yesterday (9.3%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 134 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 | 224,959 | 38,818 | 2,572 |
| Public | 407 | 271,497 | 61,307 | 3,142 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 496,456 | 100,125 | 5,714 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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