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SA Reports 1 367 New COVID-19 Cases

EWN

the institute reports 1,367 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,898,888. This increase represents a 8.6% positivity rate.

As per the National Department of Health, a further 201 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 87,417 to date. 17,603,913 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
PRIVATE	9,498,246	54%	7,680	48%
PUBLIC	8,105,667	46%	8,208	52%
Total	17,603,913		15,888

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal (27%), followed by Western Cape (18%), Eastern Cape and Gauteng Province accounted for 14% each; Free State accounted for 12%; Northern Cape accounted for 5%; Mpumalanga and North West accounted for 4% each; and Limpopo accounted for 2% of today’s new cases.

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

Province	Total cases for 27 September 2021	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 27 September 2021	New cases on 28 September 2021	Total cases for 28 September 2021	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	289,801	0	289,801	185	289,986	10.0
Free State	160,765	0	160,765	169	160,934	5.6
Gauteng	915,717	-1	915,716	190	915,906	31.6
KwaZulu-Natal	510,463	0	510,463	372	510,835	17.6
Limpopo	121,761	0	121,761	24	121,785	4.2
Mpumalanga	150,671	0	150,671	55	150,726	5.2
North West	149,229	0	149,229	56	149,285	5.1
Northern Cape	90,307	0	90,307	75	90,382	3.1
Western Cape	508,807	1	508,808	241	509,049	17.6
Total	2,897,521	0	2,897,521	1,367	2,898,888	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCEThe total number of cases today (n= 1 367) is higher than yesterday (n= 578) and lower than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n= 1 794).

The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 158 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	198,634	36,550	3,615
Public	409	230,009	56,045	3,245
TOTAL	667	428,643	92,595	6,860

VACCINE UPDATE
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