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NICD Reports 472 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

The NICD reports 472 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,920,581. This increase represents a 1.4% positivity rate.As per the National Department of Health, a further 62 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89,049 to date.

18,440,973 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
PRIVATE	9,938,202	54%	18,017	55%
PUBLIC	8,502,771	46%	15,013	45%
Total	18,440,973		33,030

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (22%), followed by Western Cape accounting for 19%. KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 14%; Northern Cape accounted for 13%; Free State accounted for 9%; Eastern Cape, North West and Mpumalanga each accounted for 7% respectively; and Limpopo accounted for 3% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 26 Oct 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 26 Oct 2021	New cases on 27 Oct 2021	Total cases for 27 Oct 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	292,228	0	292,228	33	292,261	10.0
Free State	163,255	0	163,255	42	163,297	5.6
Gauteng	919,071	-1	919,070	103	919,173	31.5
KwaZulu-Natal	515,318	0	515,318	68	515,386	17.6
Limpopo	122,200	1	122,201	12	122,213	4.2
Mpumalanga	151,838	-2	151,836	32	151,868	5.2
North West	150,530	4	150,534	35	150,569	5.2
Northern Cape	92,304	-2	92,302	59	92,361	3.2
Western Cape	513,365	0	513,365	88	513,453	17.6
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	2,920,109	0	2,920,109	472	2,920,581	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCEThe total number of cases today (n=472) is higher than yesterday (n=331) and higher than the average number of cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n=391).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 29 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	200,569	37,104	2,370
Public	408	233,678	56,955	1,623
TOTAL	666	434,247	94,059	3,993