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SA Reports 1 436 New COVID-19 Case

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The NICD reports 1,436 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,686,556. This increase represents a 5.5% positivity rate.

Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. Today, the NDoH reports 16 deaths and of these, 0 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 99,625 to date.

23,285,855 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	12,651,102	54.3%	15,279	58.7%
Public	10,634,753	45.7%	10,737	41.3%
Total	23,285,855	100.0%	26,016	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (35%), followed by Western Cape (23%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 18%; Eastern Cape accounted for 6%; North West accounted for 5%; Free State and Mpumalanga each accounted for 4% respectively; Limpopo accounted for 3%; and Northern Cape accounted for 2% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 7 March 2022	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 7 March 2022	New cases on 8 March 2022	Total cases for 8 March 2022	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	343,828	0	343,828	81	343,909	9.3
Free State	201,203	0	201,203	58	201,261	5.5
Gauteng	1,196,846	6	1,196,852	505	1,197,357	32.5
KwaZulu-Natal	654,069	0	654,069	257	654,326	17.7
Limpopo	154,922	2	154,924	41	154,965	4.2
Mpumalanga	191,898	0	191,898	58	191,956	5.2
North West	191,563	-10	191,553	71	191,624	5.2
Northern Cape	108,481	2	108,483	31	108,514	2.9
Western Cape	642,310	0	642,310	334	642,644	17.4
Total	3,685,120	0	3,685,120	1,436	3,686,556	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 5.5%, which is the same as yesterday (5.5%). The 7-day average is 6.2% today, which is lower than yesterday (6.3%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 46 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	230,191	39,157	1,143
Public	407	277,565	62,040	1,335
TOTAL	666	507,756	101,197	2,478