NICD Reports 5 309 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

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The current surge in COVID-19 infections seems to be showing signs of a sustained downward trend. Today the institute reports 5,309 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,854,234. This increase represents a 10.7% positivity rate.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues to provide laboratory-based surveillance to inform the public health response towards COVID-19 in South Africa.

As per the National Department of Health, a further 143 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 84,751 to date. 17,037,271 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
PRIVATE	9,231,038	54%	22,529	45%
PUBLIC	7,806,233	46%	27,316	55%
Total	17,037,271		49,845

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal (25%), followed by Western Cape (21%). Eastern Cape accounted for 16%; Free State accounted for 9%; Gauteng Province and Northern Cape each accounted for 8% respectively; Mpumalanga accounted for 6%; North West accounted for 5%; and Limpopo accounted for 2% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 10 Sep 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 10 Sep 2021	New cases on 11 Sep 2021	Total cases for 11 Sep 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	281,600	0	281,600	846	282,446	9.9
Free State	155,468	5	155,473	467	155,940	5.5
Gauteng	911,105	-1	911,104	433	911,537	31.9
KwaZulu-Natal	498,971	9	498,980	1,340	500,320	17.5
Limpopo	121,127	2	121,129	116	121,245	4.2
Mpumalanga	148,230	0	148,230	303	148,533	5.2
North West	146,753	-20	146,733	253	146,986	5.1
Northern Cape	85,920	4	85,924	431	86,355	3.0
Western Cape	499,751	1	499,752	1,120	500,872	17.5
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	2,848,925	0	2,848,925	5,309	2,854,234	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCEThe total number of cases today (n= 5 309) is lower than yesterday (n= 5 885) and lower than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n= 5 746). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 184 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	255	195,018	35,649	4,908
Public	409	224,153	54,437	5,721
TOTAL	664	419,171	90,086	10,629