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NICD Reports 8 561 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

The Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku with teams of field workers in Ekurhuleni District, Glen Marikana Informal settlement to form part of the screening and testing campaign aimed to combat the spread of COVID-19 on 17 April 2020. Pictures: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

The NICD reports 8,561 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,976,613. This increase represents a 16.5% positivity rate.

As per the National Department of Health, a further 28COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89,871to date.

19,529, 031 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	10,490,677	53.7%	32,496	62.5%
Public	9,038,354	46.3%	19,481	37.5%
Total	19,529,031	100.0%	51,977	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (72%), followed by Western Cape (7%). KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 6%. Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 4% respectively. Limpopo 3%, Free State 2% and Eastern Cape 1%. Northern Cape accounted for less than 1% of today’s new cases.

The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 30 November 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 30 November 2021	New cases on 01 December 2021	Total cases for 01 December 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	293,239	0	293,239	115	293,354	9.9
Free State	165,597	1	165,598	138	165,736	5.6
Gauteng	946,863	-12	946,851	6,168	953,019	32.0
KwaZulu-Natal	518,591	0	518,591	476	519,067	17.4
Limpopo	123,710	2	123,712	271	123,983	4.2
Mpumalanga	153,975	-1	153,974	375	154,349	5.2
North West	154,290	10	1543,00	356	154,656	5.2
Northern Cape	93,343	0	93,343	36	93,379	3.1
Western Cape	518,444	0	518,444	626	519,070	17.4
Total	2,968,052	0	2,968,052	8,561	2,976,613	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE

The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 16.5% which higher than yesterday (10.7%). The 7-day average is 10.3% today, which is higher than yesterday (8.5%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 135 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	201,389	37,359	1,380
Public	407	236,860	57,244	1,170
TOTAL	665	438,249	94,603	2,550