The institute reports 4,954 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,785,398. This increase represents an 22.5% positivity rate. Today, the NDoH reports 5 deaths, and of these 2 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,360 to date.
24,445,151 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,310,644 | 54.4% | 13,251 | 60.3% |
| Public | 11,134,507 | 45.6% | 8,719 | 39.7% |
| Total | 24,445,151 | 100.0% | 21,970 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (44%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (27%). Western Cape accounted for 12%; Eastern Cape accounted for 6%; Free State accounted for 4%; North West accounted for 3%; Mpumalanga accounted for 2%; and Limpopo and Northern Cape each accounted for 1% respectively of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 28 April 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 28 April 2022 | New cases on 29 April 2022 | Total cases for 29 April 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 347,747 | 2 | 347,749 | 307 | 348,056 | 9.2 |
| Free State | 204,193 | 0 | 204,193 | 192 | 204,385 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1,238,825 | 1 | 1,238,826 | 2,174 | 1,241,000 | 32.8 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 674,155 | -5 | 674,150 | 1,360 | 675,510 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 156,473 | 0 | 156,473 | 59 | 156,532 | 4.1 |
| Mpumalanga | 194,732 | 0 | 194,732 | 79 | 194,811 | 5.1 |
| North West | 194,252 | 0 | 194,252 | 133 | 194,385 | 5.1 |
| Northern Cape | 109,477 | 0 | 109,477 | 52 | 109,529 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 660,590 | 2 | 660,592 | 598 | 661,190 | 17.5 |
| Total | 3,780,444 | 0 | 3,780,444 | 4,954 | 3,785,398 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (22.5%), and is higher than yesterday (18.3%). The 7-day average is (19.0%) today, and is higher than yesterday (18.3%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 121 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 | 261 | 238,894 | 39,930 | 1,061 |
| Public | 407 | 280,990 | 62,342 | 1,079 |
| TOTAL | 668 | 519,884 | 102,272 | 2,140 |
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