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 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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