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SA Reports 1 679 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

The institute reports 1,679 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,717,067. This increase represents a 6.4% 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 44 deaths and of these, 6 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,020 to date.

23,809,344 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	12,946,197	54.4%	14,314	54.8%
Public	10,863,147	45.6%	11,790	45.2%
Total	23,809,344	100.0%	26,104	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (41%), followed by Western Cape (22%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 21%; Eastern Cape accounted for 5%; Free State, Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 3% respectively; Limpopo accounted for 2%; and Northern Cape accounted for 1% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 29 March 2022	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 29 March 2022	New cases on 30 March 2022	Total cases for 30 March 2022	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	344,998	0	344,998	86	345,084	9.3
Free State	202,253	0	202,253	47	202,300	5.4
Gauteng	1,207,827	-1	1,207,826	680	1,208,506	32.5
KwaZulu-Natal	659,669	0	659,669	350	660,019	17.8
Limpopo	155,725	-1	155,724	34	155,758	4.2
Mpumalanga	193,122	0	193,122	48	193,170	5.2
North West	192,908	0	192,908	50	192,958	5.2
Northern Cape	108,874	0	108,874	20	108,894	2.9
Western Cape	650,014	0	650,014	364	650,378	17.5
Total	3,715,390	-2	3,715,388	1,679	3,717,067	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 6.4%, which is higher than yesterday (6.0%). The 7-day average is 5.9% today, which is higher than yesterday (5.8%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 41 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	232,563	39,397	789
Public	407	279,111	62,198	1,138
TOTAL	666	511,674	101,595	1,927