The institute reports 5,920 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,546,808. This increase represents a 14.3% 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 159 deaths and of these, 51 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 92,989 to date.
21,695,982 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 11,716,682 | 54.0% | 21,913 | 52.9% |
| Public | 9,979,300 | 46.0% | 19,525 | 47.1% |
| Total | 21,695,982 | 100.0% | 41,438 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Western Cape (25%), followed by Gauteng (20%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 19%; Eastern Cape and Limpopo each accounted for 9% respectively; Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 5% respectively; Free State and Northern Cape each accounted for 4% respectively of today’s new cases.
The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 12 January 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 12 January 2022 | New cases on 13 January 2022 | Total cases for 13 January 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 336,639 | -1 | 336,638 | 559 | 337,197 | 9.5 |
| Free State | 193,512 | 0 | 193,512 | 218 | 193,730 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,151,646 | 0 | 1,151,646 | 1,198 | 1,152,844 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 632,253 | 1 | 632,254 | 1,142 | 633,396 | 17.9 |
| Limpopo | 144,473 | 1 | 144,474 | 524 | 144,998 | 4.1 |
| Mpumalanga | 180,073 | 1 | 180,074 | 278 | 180,352 | 5.1 |
| North West | 182,165 | -3 | 182,162 | 293 | 182,455 | 5.1 |
| Northern Cape | 105,000 | -13 | 104,987 | 217 | 105,204 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 615,130 | 11 | 615,141 | 1,491 | 616,632 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,540,891 | -3 | 3,540,888 | 5,920 | 3,546,808 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 14.3% which is lower than yesterday (15.5%). The 7-day average is 16.4% today, which is lower than yesterday (17.3%) .
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 293 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 | 221,692 | 38,475 | 3,187 |
| Public | 407 | 265,431 | 60,311 | 5,036 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 487,123 | 98,786 | 8,223 |
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