The NICD reports 592 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,912,938. This increase represents a 2.1% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 83 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 88,429 to date.
18,016,455 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| PRIVATE | 9,713,103 | 53.9% | 17,467 | 62.5% |
| PUBLIC | 8,303,352 | 46.1% | 10,462 | 37.5% |
| Total | 18,016,455 | 27,929 |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal (22%), followed by Gauteng Province and Western Cape each accounting for 17% respectively. Free State accounted for 12%; Eastern Cape and North West each accounted for 9% respectively; Northern Cape accounted for 7%; Mpumalanga accounted for 5%; and Limpopo accounted for 3% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 11 Oct 2021 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 11 Oct 2021 | New cases on 12 Oct 2021 | Total cases for 12 Oct 2021 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 291,566 | 0 | 291,566 | 56 | 291,622 | 10.0 |
| Free State | 162,340 | 0 | 162,340 | 71 | 162,411 | 5.6 |
| Gauteng | 917,803 | -2 | 917,801 | 99 | 917,900 | 31.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 513,746 | 0 | 513,746 | 128 | 513,874 | 17.6 |
| Limpopo | 122,029 | 0 | 122,029 | 16 | 122,045 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 151,396 | 0 | 151,396 | 27 | 151,423 | 5.2 |
| North West | 150,014 | 2 | 150,016 | 51 | 150,067 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 91,616 | 0 | 91,616 | 42 | 91,658 | 3.1 |
| Western Cape | 511,836 | 0 | 511,836 | 102 | 511,938 | 17.6 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 2,912,346 | 0 | 2,912,346 | 592 | 2,912,938 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCEThe total number of cases today (n= 592) is higher than yesterday (n= 201) and lower than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days.
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 58 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 | 258 | 199,847 | 36,849 | 3,031 |
| Public | 408 | 232,305 | 56,639 | 2,221 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 432,152 | 93,488 | 5,252 |
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