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NICD Reports 5 062 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

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The institute reports 5,062 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,769,927.This increase represents an 18.4% 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 15 deaths and of these, 6 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,348 to date.

24,370,285 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	13,266,647	54.4%	15,853	57.7%
Public	11,103,638	45.6%	11,629	42.3%
Total	24,370,285	100.0%	27,482	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (46%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (29%). Western Cape accounted for 11%; Free State and Eastern Cape each accounted for 4% respectively; Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 2% respectively; and Northern Cape accounted for 1% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 25 April 2022	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 25 April 2022	New cases on 26 April 2022	Total cases for 26 April 2022	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	347,226	0	347,226	198	347,424	9,2
Free State	203,566	0	203,566	206	203,772	5,4
Gauteng	1,231,192	0	1,231,192	2,307	1,233,499	32,7
KwaZulu-Natal	670,307	0	670,307	1,448	671,755	17,8
Limpopo	156,284	0	156,284	93	156,377	4,1
Mpumalanga	194,368	0	194,368	100	194,468	5,2
North West	193,937	0	193,937	112	194,049	5,1
Northern Cape	109,322	0	109,322	27	109,349	2,9
Western Cape	658,663	0	658,663	571	659,234	17,5
Total	3,764,865	0	3,764,865	5,062	3,769,927	100,0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (18.4%), and is lower than yesterday (19.3%). The 7-day average is (16.9%) today, and is higher than yesterday (15.7%),

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 83 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	260	237,994	39,881	904
Public	407	280,595	62,308	996
TOTAL	667	518,589	102,189	1,900