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NICD Reports 887 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

FILE PHOTO: Beds are seen at a temporary field hospital set up in a sports complex by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

The NICD reports 887 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 929 175. This increase represents a 2.8% positivity rate.

As per the National Department of Health, a further 10 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89 572 to date.

19 092 934 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	10,285,906	53.9%	14,928	47.0%
Public	8,807,028	46.1%	16,840	53.0%
Total	19,092,934		31,768

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (66%), followed by Northern Cape (12%). Western Cape each accounted for 6%; KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 5%; Mpumalanga accounted for 4%; North West accounted for 3%; Eastern Cape and Limpopo each accounted for 2%; and Free State accounted for 4% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 19 November 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 19 November 2021	New cases on 20 November 2021	Total cases for 20 November 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	292663	0	292663	15	292678	10,0
Free State	163979	0	163979	9	163988	5,6
Gauteng	922249	1	922250	584	922834	31,5
KwaZulu-Natal	516397	0	516397	42	516439	17,6
Limpopo	122422	-1	122421	22	122443	4,2
Mpumalanga	152343	0	152343	34	152377	5,2
North West	150980	0	150980	26	151006	5,2
Northern Cape	92875	-1	92874	106	92980	3,2
*Western Cape	514380	1	514381	49	514430	17,6
Total	2928288	0	2928288	887	2929175	100,0

*There may be discrepancies in the numbers of cases and recoveries reported for the Western Cape, as the Western Cape reporting currently includes re-infections and additional cases identified by antigen tests, which are not incorporated into the national line list for reporting. As a result, the number of recoveries for the Western Cape has been kept static on the national reports. We are working with Western Cape health authorities to align the reporting and resolve these discrepancies.

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

The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 2.8% which is the same as yesterday (2.8%). The 7-day average is 1.7% today, which is higher than yesterday (1.4%). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has increased.

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 33 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	201201	37314	2003
Public	408	235440	57121	1501
TOTAL	666	436641	94435	3504

VACCINE UPDATE
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Thank you for your interest and remember that adhering to the following preventative measures helps to limit your risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19.