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NICD Reports 5 244 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

The institute reports 5,244 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,552,043. This increase represents a 13% 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 128 deaths and of these, 59 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 93,117 to date.

21,736,300 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	11,738,072	54.0%	21,390	53.1%
Public	9,998,228	46.0%	18,928	46.9%
Total	21,736,300	100.0%	40,318	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Western Cape (26%), followed by Gauteng (20%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 19%; Eastern Cape and Limpopo each accounted for 9% respectively; Northern Cape accounted for 5%; Free State, Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 4% respectively of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 13 January 2022	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 13 January 2022	New cases on 14 January 2022	Total cases for 14 January 2022	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	337,197	9	337,206	460	337,666	9.5
Free State	193,730	0	193,730	218	193,948	5.5
Gauteng	1,152,844	10	1,152,854	1,061	1,153,915	32.5
KwaZulu-Natal	633,396	-33	633,363	984	634,347	17.9
Limpopo	144,998	1	144,999	456	145,455	4.1
Mpumalanga	180,352	2	180,354	227	180,581	5.1
North West	182,455	1	182,456	202	182,658	5.1
Northern Cape	105,204	-3	105,201	247	105,448	3.0
Western Cape	616,632	4	616,636	1,389	618,025	17.4
Total	3,546,808	-9	3,546,799	5,244	3,552,043	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 13.0% which is lower than yesterday (14.3%). The 7-day average is 15.4% today, which is lower than yesterday (16.4%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

There has been an increase of 274 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	259	221,925	38,500	3,157
Public	407	266,117	60,435	4,979
TOTAL	666	488,042	98,935	8,136