Today the institute reports 4,230 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,759,689. This increase represents a 16.8% 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 12 deaths, and of these, 2 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,298 to date.
24,313,334 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,232,755 | 54.4% | 14,728 | 58.5% |
| Public | 11,080,579 | 45.6% | 10,433 | 41.5% |
| Total | 24,313,334 | 100.0% | 25,161 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (48%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (22%). Western Cape accounted for 16%; Eastern Cape accounted for 4% and Free State accounted for 3%. Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 2% respectively; Limpopo and Northern Cape each accounted for 1% of today’s new cases respectively. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 22 April 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 22 April 2022 | Incident infections for 23 April 2022 | Possible reinfections for 23 April 2022 | New cases on 23 April 2022 | Total cases for 23 April 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 346,949 | 0 | 346,949 | 141 | 32 | 173 | 347,122 | 9,2 |
| Free State | 203,290 | 0 | 203,290 | 123 | 21 | 144 | 203,434 | 5,4 |
| Gauteng | 1,226,348 | 0 | 1,226,348 | 1,772 | 264 | 2,036 | 1,228,384 | 32,7 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 668,120 | 0 | 668,120 | 777 | 146 | 923 | 669,043 | 17,8 |
| Limpopo | 156,220 | -1 | 156,219 | 26 | 5 | 31 | 156,250 | 4,2 |
| Mpumalanga | 194,143 | 0 | 194,143 | 81 | 21 | 102 | 194,245 | 5,2 |
| North West | 193,733 | 1 | 193,734 | 91 | 14 | 105 | 193,839 | 5,2 |
| Northern Cape | 109,205 | 0 | 109,205 | 49 | 10 | 59 | 109,264 | 2,9 |
| Western Cape | 657,451 | 0 | 657,451 | 554 | 103 | 657 | 658,108 | 17,5 |
| Total | 3,755,459 | 0 | 3,755,459 | 3,614 | 616 | 4,230 | 3,759,689 | 100,0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (16.8%), and is lower than yesterday (17.8%). The 7-day average is (13.1%) today, and is higher than yesterday (11.7%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 25 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 | 237,999 | 39,876 | 1,129 |
| Public | 407 | 280,355 | 62,292 | 1,115 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 518,354 | 102,168 | 2,244 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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