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NICD Reports 312 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

Deputy Minister Thembi Siweya and MEC’s Bandile Masuku and Panyaza Lesufi inspect Covid-19 Quarantine sites Photo Credit: GCIS

The NICD reports 312 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,930,174. This increase represents a 2.3% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 10 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89,584 to date.

19,126,699 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	10,310,229	53.9%	12,664	94%
Public	8,816,470	46.1%	809	6%
Total	19,126,699	100.0%	13,473	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (77%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape each accounting for 5% respectively. Limpopo and Mpumalanga each accounted for 3% respectively; and Eastern Cape, Free State, North West and Northern Cape each accounted for 2% respectively of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 21 Nov 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 21 Nov 2021	New cases on 22 Nov 2021	Total cases for 22 Nov 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	292,686	0	292,686	5	292,691	10,0
Free State	163,994	0	163,994	5	163,999	5,6
Gauteng	923,379	0	923,379	239	923,618	31,5
KwaZulu-Natal	516,470	0	516,470	15	516,485	17,6
Limpopo	122,450	0	122,450	9	122,459	4,2
Mpumalanga	152,395	0	152,395	10	152,405	5,2
North West	151,038	0	151,038	7	151,045	5,2
Northern Cape	92,997	0	92,997	6	93,003	3,2
*Western Cape	514,453	0	514,453	16	514,469	17,6
Total	2,929,862	0	2,929,862	312	2,930,174	100,0

*There may be discrepancies in the numbers of cases and recoveries reported for the Western Cape, as the Western Cape reporting currently includes re-infections and additional cases identified by antigen tests, which are not incorporated into the national line list for reporting. As a result, the number of recoveries for the Western Cape has been kept static on the national reports. We are working with Western Cape health authorities to align the reporting and resolve these discrepancies.

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE

The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 2.3% which is lower than yesterday (3.4%). The 7-day average is 2.2% today, which is higher than yesterday (2.0%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 37 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	200,736	37,350	1,178
Public	408	235,639	57,143	1,537
TOTAL	666	436,375	94,493	2,715