The NICD reports 947 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,914,827. This increase represents a 2.7% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 40 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 88,506 to date.
18,090,841 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| PRIVATE | 9,750,238 | 54% | 18,261 | 52% |
| PUBLIC | 8,340,603 | 46% | 17,156 | 48% |
| Total | 18,090,841 | 35,417 |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal (25%), followed by Western Cape accounting for 20%. Gauteng accounted for 14%; Northern Cape accounted for 12%; Free State accounted for 11%; Eastern Cape accounted for 8%; North West accounted for 6%; Mpumalanga accounted for 4%; and Limpopo accounted for 1% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 13 Oct 2021 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 13 Oct 2021 | New cases on 14 Oct 2021 | Total cases for 14 Oct 2021 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 291,716 | 0 | 291,716 | 74 | 291,790 | 10.0 |
| Free State | 162,514 | 1 | 162,515 | 107 | 162,622 | 5.6 |
| Gauteng | 918,072 | 6 | 918,078 | 129 | 918,207 | 31.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 514,016 | 3 | 514,019 | 233 | 514,252 | 17.6 |
| Limpopo | 122,054 | 1 | 122,055 | 13 | 122,068 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 151,473 | 2 | 151,475 | 38 | 151,513 | 5.2 |
| North West | 150,126 | -13 | 150,113 | 55 | 150,168 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 91,751 | 0 | 91,751 | 113 | 91,864 | 3.2 |
| Western Cape | 512,158 | 0 | 512,158 | 185 | 512,343 | 17.6 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 2,913,880 | 0 | 2,913,880 | 947 | 2,914,827 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCEThe total number of cases today (n= 947) is higher than yesterday (n= 942) and higher than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n= 724).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 84 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 | 200,071 | 36,887 | 3,019 |
| Public | 408 | 232,502 | 56,674 | 2,130 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 432,573 | 93,561 | 5,149 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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