The institute reports 4,514 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,590,399. This increase represents a 10.6% 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 94 deaths and of these, 20 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 94,491 to date.
22,120,335 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 11,962,031 | 54.1% | 24,652 | 57.8% |
| Public | 10,158,304 | 45.9% | 18,034 | 42.2% |
| Total | 22,120,335 | 100.0% | 42,686 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (30%), followed by Western Cape (14%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 13%; Mpumalanga accounted for 11%; Limpopo accounted for 10%; North West accounted for 9%; Free State accounted for 6%; Eastern Cape accounted for 5%; 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 25 January 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 25 January 2022 | New cases on 26 January 2022 | Total cases for 26 January 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 340,080 | 9 | 340,089 | 214 | 340,303 | 9.5 |
| Free State | 195,611 | 1 | 195,612 | 254 | 195,866 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,162,132 | 3 | 1,162,135 | 1,376 | 1,163,511 | 32.4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 640,347 | -29 | 640,318 | 567 | 640,885 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 148,560 | 2 | 148,562 | 472 | 149,034 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 182,807 | 2 | 182,809 | 490 | 183,299 | 5.1 |
| North West | 184,612 | 1 | 184,613 | 388 | 185,001 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 106,545 | 0 | 106,545 | 108 | 106,653 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 625,194 | 8 | 625,202 | 645 | 625,847 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,585,888 | -3 | 3,585,885 | 4,514 | 3,590,399 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 10.6%, which is higher than yesterday (8.8%). The 7-day average is 9.4% today, and is the same as yesterday (9.4%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 183 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 | 224,500 | 38,786 | 2,609 |
| Public | 407 | 270,719 | 61,153 | 3,426 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 495,219 | 99,939 | 6,035 |
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