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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.

SectorTotal testedNew tested
PRIVATE9,938,20254%18,01755%
PUBLIC8,502,77146%15,01345%
Total18,440,97333,030

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:

ProvinceTotal cases for 26 Oct 2021Adjusted numbers after harmonisationUpdated total cases on 26 Oct 2021New cases on 27 Oct 2021Total cases for 27 Oct 2021Percentage total
Eastern Cape292,2280292,22833292,26110.0
Free State163,2550163,25542163,2975.6
Gauteng919,071-1919,070103919,17331.5
KwaZulu-Natal515,3180515,31868515,38617.6
Limpopo122,2001122,20112122,2134.2
Mpumalanga151,838-2151,83632151,8685.2
North West150,5304150,53435150,5695.2
Northern Cape92,304-292,3025992,3613.2
Western Cape513,3650513,36588513,45317.6
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Total2,920,10902,920,1094722,920,581100.0

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.

SectorFacilities ReportingAdmissions
to Date
Died to DateCurrently Admitted
Private258200,56937,1042,370
Public408233,67856,9551,623
TOTAL666434,24794,0593,993

VACCINE UPDATE
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