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NICD Reports 4 100 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

The institute reports 4,100 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 594 499. This increase represents a 10.5% 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 160 deaths and of these, 34 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 94,651 to date.

22,159,247 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	11,983,034	54.1%	21,003	54.0%
Public	10,176,213	45.9%	17,909	46.0%
Total	22,159,247	100.0%	38,912	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (29%), followed by Western Cape (15%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 13%; Limpopo and Mpumalanga each accounted for 12% respectively; North West accounted for 8%; Free State 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 26 January 2022	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 26 January 2022	New cases on 27 January 2022	Total cases for 27 January 2022	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	340,303	-4	340,299	174	340,473	9,5
Free State	195,866	1	195,867	200	196,067	5,5
Gauteng	1,163,511	1	1,163,512	1,170	1,164,682	32,4
KwaZulu-Natal	640,885	0	640,885	550	641,435	17,8
Limpopo	149,034	0	149,034	484	149,518	4,2
Mpumalanga	183,299	0	183,299	507	183,806	5,1
North West	185,001	2	185,003	317	185,320	5,2
Northern Cape	106,653	0	106,653	78	106,731	3,0
Western Cape	625,847	0	625,847	620	626,467	17,4
Total	3,590,399	0	3,590,399	4,100	3,594,499	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 10.5%, which is lower than yesterday (10.6%). The 7-day average is 9.3% today, and is lower than yesterday (9.4%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 152 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	224,774	38,802	2,608
Public	407	271,133	61,248	3,258
TOTAL	666	495,907	100,050	5,886