The institute reports 4,502 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,612,809. This increase represents an 11.3% 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 175 deaths and of these, 15 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 95,463 to date.
22,343,478 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,094,549 | 54.1% | 24,151 | 60.5% |
| Public | 10,248,929 | 45.9% | 15,741 | 39.5% |
| Total | 22,343,478 | 100.0% | 39,892 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (33%), followed by Western Cape (15%). Mpumalanga accounted for 12%; Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 11% and Limpopo accounted for 10%. North West accounted for 7%; Free State accounted for 6%; Eastern Cape accounted for 3%; 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 01 February 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 01 February 2022 | New cases on 02 February 2022 | Total cases for 02 February 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 341,091 | 0 | 341,091 | 152 | 341,243 | 9,4 |
| Free State | 197,000 | 0 | 197,000 | 265 | 197,265 | 5,5 |
| Gauteng | 1,169,247 | 1 | 1,169,248 | 1,472 | 1,170,720 | 32,4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 643,076 | 0 | 643,076 | 510 | 643,586 | 17,8 |
| Limpopo | 150,865 | 0 | 150,865 | 471 | 151,336 | 4,2 |
| Mpumalanga | 185,258 | -1 | 185,257 | 540 | 185,797 | 5,1 |
| North West | 186,225 | 0 | 186,225 | 293 | 186,518 | 5,2 |
| Northern Cape | 107,067 | 0 | 107,067 | 110 | 107,177 | 3,0 |
| Western Cape | 628,478 | 0 | 628,478 | 689 | 629,167 | 17,4 |
| Total | 3,608,307 | 0 | 3,608,307 | 4,502 | 3,612,809 | 100,0 |
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 11.3%, which is higher than yesterday (8.8%). The 7-day average is 9.8% today, and is higher than yesterday (9.7%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 116 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 | 225,654 | 38,870 | 2,396 |
| Public | 407 | 272,527 | 61,479 | 2,680 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 498,181 | 100,349 | 5,076 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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