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SA Reports 1 671 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

Today the institute reports 1,671 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,691,962. This increase represents a 7.5% 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 28 deaths and of these, 6 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 99,709 to date.

23,365,475 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	12,692,821	54.3%	11,058	49.8%
Public	10,672,654	45.7%	11,164	50.2%
Total	23,365,475	100.0%	22,225	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (31%), followed by Western Cape (26%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 17%; Free State, Limpopo and Mpumalanga each accounted for 5% respectively; Eastern Cape and North West each accounted for 4% respectively; 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 10 March 2022	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 10 March 2022	New cases on 11 March 2022	Total cases for 11 March 2022	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	344,036	0	344,036	63	344,099	9.3
Free State	201,425	0	201,425	85	201,510	5.5
Gauteng	1,198,676	0	1,198,676	520	1,199,196	32.5
KwaZulu-Natal	654,914	0	654,914	292	655,206	17.7
Limpopo	155,130	-1	155,129	82	155,211	4.2
Mpumalanga	192,141	0	192,141	90	192,231	5.2
North West	191,830	0	191,830	67	191,897	5.2
Northern Cape	108,561	0	108,561	33	108,594	2.9
Western Cape	643,578	1	643,579	439	644,018	17.4
Total	3,690,291	0	3,690,291	1,671	3,691,962	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 7.5%, which is higher than yesterday (6.5%). The 7-day average is 6.2% today, which is higher than yesterday (6.0%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 44 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	230,566	39,190	1,120
Public	407	277,906	62,085	1,269
TOTAL	666	508,472	101,275	2,389