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SA Reports 1 888 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

The NICD reports 1,888 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,718,953. 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 12 deaths and of these, 1 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,032 to date.

23,838,911 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	12,960,450	54.4%	14,253	48.2%
Public	10,878,461	45.6%	15,314	51.8%
Total	23,838,911	100.0%	29,567	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (39%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (22%). Western Cape accounted for 21%; Eastern Cape and Free State each accounted for 4% respectively; Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 3% respectively; 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 30 March 2022	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 30 March 2022	New cases on 31 March 2022	Total cases for 31 March 2022	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	345,084	0	345,084	67	345,151	9.3
Free State	202,300	0	202,300	74	202,374	5.4
Gauteng	1,208,506	1	1,208,507	727	1,209,234	32.5
KwaZulu-Natal	660,019	0	660,019	406	660,425	17.8
Limpopo	155,758	-1	155,757	63	155,820	4.2
Mpumalanga	193,170	0	193,170	65	193,235	5.2
North West	192,958	0	192,958	60	193,018	5.2
Northern Cape	108,894	-2	108,892	23	108,915	2.9
Western Cape	650,378	0	650,378	403	650,781	17.5
Total	3,717,067	-2	3,717,065	1,888	3,718,953	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%, and is the same as yesterday (6.4%). The 7-day average is 5.9% today, and is the same yesterday (5.9%).

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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	232,637	39,401	796
Public	407	279,155	62,197	1,130
TOTAL	666	511,792	101,598	1,926