The institute reports 7,523 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,852,148. This increase represents a 23.0% positivity rate.
Today, the NDoH reports 26 deaths and of these 8 deaths occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 100,559 to date.
24,726,029 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,483,225 | 54.5% | 18,968 | 57.9% |
| Public | 11,242,804 | 45.5% | 13,788 | 42.1% |
| Total | 24,726,029 | 100.0% | 32,756 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (38%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (24%). Western Cape accounted for 17%; Eastern Cape accounted for 8%; Free State accounted for 5%; North West accounted for 4%; Mpumalanga accounted for 3%; and Limpopo and Northern Cape each accounted for 1% respectively of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 9 May 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 9 May 2022 | New cases on 10 May 2022 | Total cases for 10 May 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 351,291 | 0 | 351,291 | 587 | 351,878 | 9.1 |
| Free State | 207,143 | 0 | 207,143 | 408 | 207,551 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1,266,302 | 0 | 1,266,302 | 2,833 | 1,269,135 | 32.9 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 690,856 | 0 | 690,856 | 1,818 | 692,674 | 18.0 |
| Limpopo | 157,084 | 0 | 157,084 | 75 | 157,159 | 4.1 |
| Mpumalanga | 196,243 | 0 | 196,243 | 199 | 196,442 | 5.1 |
| North West | 195,779 | 0 | 195,779 | 267 | 196,046 | 5.1 |
| Northern Cape | 110,463 | 0 | 110,463 | 92 | 110,555 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 669,464 | 0 | 669,464 | 1,244 | 670,708 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,844,625 | 0 | 3,844,625 | 7,523 | 3,852,148 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (23.0%), and is higher than yesterday (18.7%). The 7-day average is (24.7%) today, and is higher than yesterday (24.0%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 148 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 | 261 | 241,114 | 39,986 | 1,469 |
| Public | 407 | 282,535 | 62,469 | 1,338 |
| TOTAL | 668 | 523,649 | 102,455 | 2,807 |
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