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NICD Reports 4 373 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

People wearing protective masks sit ahead of a vaccination, as South Africa rolls out the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to the elderly at the Munsieville Care for the Aged Centre outside Johannesburg, South Africa, May 17, 2021.

The NICD reports 4,373 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,968,052. This increase represents a 10.2% positivity rate.

As per the National Department of Health, a further 21 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89,843to date.

19,477,054 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	10,458,181	53.7%	21,647	50.7%
Public	9,018,873	46.3%	21,017	49.3%
Total	19,477,054	100.0%	42,664	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (72%), followed by Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, each accounting for 6%. Limpopo and North West accounted for 5% respectively; Mpumalanga 3%, Free State 2% and Eastern Cape 1%. Northern Cape accounted for less than 1% of today’s new cases.

The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 29 November 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 29 November 2021	New cases on 30 November 2021	Total cases for 30 November 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	293,174	0	293,174	65	293,239	9.9
Free State	165,527	0	165,527	70	165,597	5.6
Gauteng	943,720	0	943,720	3,143	946,863	31.9
KwaZulu-Natal	518,332	0	518,332	259	518,591	17.5
Limpopo	123,506	0	123,506	204	123,710	4.2
Mpumalanga	153,836	0	153,836	139	153,975	5.2
North West	154,090	0	154,090	200	154,290	5.2
Northern Cape	93,325	0	93,325	18	93,343	3.1
Western Cape	518,169	0	518,169	275	518,444	17.5
Total	2,963,679	0	2,963,679	4,373	2,968,052	100.0

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

The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 10.2% which is lower than yesterday (10.7%). The 7-day average is 8.5% today, which is higher than yesterday (7.3%)

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 119 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	201,249	37,357	1,323
Public	407	236,639	57,227	1,091
TOTAL	665	437,888	94,584	2,414