The NICD reports 9 818 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 468 079. This increase represents a 26.6% positivity rate.
As per the National Department of Health, a further 53 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 91 198 to date.
21 267 879 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 11,473,135 | 53.9% | 18,100 | 49.1% |
| Public | 9,794,744 | 46.1% | 18,755 | 50.9% |
| Total | 21,267,879 | 36,855 |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape (26% each), followed by Gauteng (17%) Eastern Cape accounted for 12%; Free State and Mpumalanga each accounted for 5%; Limpopo, North West and Northern Cape each accounted for 3% respectively of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 31 December 2021 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 31 December 2021 | New cases on 01 January 2022 | Total cases for 01 January 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 327872 | 0 | 327872 | 1170 | 329042 | 9.5 |
| Free State | 189554 | 2 | 189556 | 489 | 190045 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1134525 | -5 | 1134520 | 1673 | 1136193 | 32.8 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 612404 | 1 | 612405 | 2573 | 614978 | 17.7 |
| Limpopo | 141575 | -2 | 141573 | 340 | 141913 | 4.1 |
| Mpumalanga | 176840 | 3 | 176843 | 460 | 177303 | 5.1 |
| North West | 179212 | -23 | 179189 | 285 | 179474 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 102096 | -10 | 102086 | 306 | 102392 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 594208 | 9 | 594217 | 2522 | 596739 | 17.2 |
| Total | 3458286 | -25 | 3458261 | 9818 | 3468079 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 26.6% which is lower than yesterday (27.2%).The 7-day average is 25.8% today, which is higher than yesterday (25.7%). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 62 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 | 216739 | 38017 | 3522 |
| Public | 407 | 256561 | 58664 | 5856 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 473300 | 96681 | 9378 |
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