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NICD Reports 300 New Cases Of COVID-19 In SA

The NICD reports 300 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,921,886. This increase represents a 1.2% positivity rate.As per the National Department of Health, a further 12 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89,163 to date.

18,525,613 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
PRIVATE	9,980,192	53.9%	12.828	50.0%
PUBLIC	8,545,421	46.1%	12,846	50.0%
Total	18,525,613		25,674

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (19%), followed by Western Cape accounting for 17%. KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 16%; Free State accounted for 14%; Northern Cape accounted for 12%; Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga each accounted for 7% respectively; North West accounted for 5%; and Limpopo accounted for 3% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 29 Oct 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 29 Oct 2021	New cases on 30 Oct 2021	Total cases for 30 Oct 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	292323	0	292323	21	292344	10,0
Free State	163396	-1	163395	43	163438	5,6
Gauteng	919487	-2	919485	56	919541	31,5
KwaZulu-Natal	515538	0	515538	47	515585	17,6
Limpopo	122255	0	122255	8	122263	4,2
Mpumalanga	151937	2	151939	20	151959	5,2
North West	150615	-2	150613	16	150629	5,2
Northern Cape	92443	0	92443	37	92480	3,2
Western Cape	513595	0	513595	52	513647	17,6
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0,0
Total	2921589	-3	2921586	300	2921886	100,0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCEThe total number of cases today (n=300) is lower than yesterday (n=475) and higher than the average number of cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n=365).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 9 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	258	200,671	37,123	2,364
Public	408	233,870	56,929	1,493
TOTAL	666	434,541	94,052	3,857