Today the institute reports 671 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,695,175. This increase represents a 4.6% 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 no deaths occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours keeping the total fatalities to 99,725 to date.
23,424,639 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,728,349 | 54.3% | 9,034 | 62.6% |
| Public | 10,696,290 | 45.7% | 5,406 | 37.4% |
| Total | 23,424,639 | 100.0% | 14,440 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (45%), followed by Western Cape (20%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 18%; Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 5%; Free State and Limpopo each accounted for 3%; Eastern Cape accounted for 2%; Northern Cape accounted for 1% of today’s new cases
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 13 March 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 13 March 2022 | Incident infections for 14 March 2022 | Possible reinfections for 14 March 2022 | New cases on 14 March 2022 | Total cases for 14 March 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 344,174 | 0 | 344,174 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 344,186 | 9.3 |
| Free State | 201,616 | 0 | 201,616 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 201,634 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,200,086 | 0 | 1,200,086 | 299 | 0 | 299 | 1,200,385 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 655,688 | 0 | 655,688 | 119 | 0 | 119 | 655,807 | 17.7 |
| Limpopo | 155,271 | 0 | 155,271 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 155,289 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 192,354 | 0 | 192,354 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 192,386 | 5.2 |
| North West | 192,039 | 0 | 192,039 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 192,071 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 108,635 | -1 | 108,634 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 108,642 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 644,641 | 1 | 644,642 | 133 | 0 | 133 | 644,775 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,694,504 | 0 | 3,694,504 | 671 | 0 | 671 | 3,695,175 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 4.6%, which is lower than yesterday (5.5%). The 7-day average is 6.0% today, which is lower than yesterday (6.1%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 24 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 | 230,144 | 39,168 | 968 |
| Public | 407 | 278,066 | 62,078 | 1266 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 508,210 | 101,246 | 2,234 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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