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NICD Reports 592 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

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