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.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,166,237 | 54.2% | 14,933 | 68.5% |
| Public | 10,298,762 | 45.8% | 6,867 | 31.5% |
| Total | 22,464,999 | 100.0% | 21,800 | 100.0% |
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:
| Province | Total cases for 05 February 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 05 February 2022 | New cases on 06 February 2022 | Total cases for 06 February 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 341,558 | -1 | 341,557 | 60 | 341,617 | 9,4 |
| Free State | 197,860 | 0 | 197,860 | 96 | 197,956 | 5,5 |
| Gauteng | 1,173,688 | 0 | 1,173,688 | 604 | 1,174,292 | 32,4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 644,763 | 1 | 644,764 | 291 | 645,055 | 17,8 |
| Limpopo | 152,261 | -1 | 152,260 | 96 | 152,356 | 4,2 |
| Mpumalanga | 186,746 | 0 | 186,746 | 156 | 186,902 | 5,2 |
| North West | 187,302 | 1 | 187,303 | 143 | 187,446 | 5,2 |
| Northern Cape | 107,340 | 0 | 107,340 | 43 | 107,383 | 3,0 |
| Western Cape | 630,692 | 0 | 630,692 | 263 | 630,955 | 17,4 |
| Total | 3,622,210 | 0 | 3,622,210 | 1,752 | 3,623,962 | 100,0 |
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.
| Sector | Facilities Reporting | Admissions to Date | Died to Date | Currently Admitted |
| Private | 259 | 226,291 | 38,927 | 2,169 |
| Public | 407 | 273,228 | 61,554 | 2,527 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 499,519 | 100,481 | 4,696 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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