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SA Reports 1 752 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

The NICD reports 1,752 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,623,962. This increase represents an 8.0% 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 18 deaths and of these, 8 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 95, 835 to date.

22,464,999 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

SectorTotal testedNew tested
Private12,166,23754.2%14,93368.5%
Public10,298,76245.8%6,86731.5%
Total22,464,999100.0%21,800100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (34%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (17%). Western Cape accounted for 15%; Mpumalanga accounted for 9% and North West accounted for 8%. Free State and Limpopo each accounted for 5% respectively; Eastern Cape 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:

ProvinceTotal cases for 05 February 2022Adjusted numbers after harmonisationUpdated total cases on 05 February 2022New cases on 06 February 2022Total cases for 06 February 2022Percentage total
Eastern Cape341,558-1341,55760341,6179,4
Free State197,8600197,86096197,9565,5
Gauteng1,173,68801,173,6886041,174,29232,4
KwaZulu-Natal644,7631644,764291645,05517,8
Limpopo152,261-1152,26096152,3564,2
Mpumalanga186,7460186,746156186,9025,2
North West187,3021187,303143187,4465,2
Northern Cape107,3400107,34043107,3833,0
Western Cape630,6920630,692263630,95517,4
Total3,622,21003,622,2101,7523,623,962100,0

The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 8.0%, which is lower than yesterday (8.9%). The 7-day average is 9.2% today, which is lower than yesterday (9.4%)

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 20 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours. The following table is a summary of reported COVID-19 admissions by sector.

SectorFacilities ReportingAdmissions
to Date
Died to DateCurrently Admitted
Private259226,29138,9272,169
Public407273,22861,5542,527
TOTAL666499,519100,4814,696


VACCINE UPDATE

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