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 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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