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SA Reports 2 111 New COVID-19 Cases

The NICD reports 2,111 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,669,671. This increase represents an 8.4% 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 127 deaths and of these, 3 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 99,145 to date.

23,020,001 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector	Total tested	New tested
Private	12,494,144	54.3%	16,217	64.7%
Public	10,525,857	45.7%	8,839	35.3%
Total	23,020,001	100.0%	25,056	100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (37%), followed by Western Cape (24%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 17%; Mpumalanga accounted for 6%; Free State accounted for 5%; North West accounted for 4%; Eastern Cape accounted for 3%; and Limpopo & Northern Cape each accounted for 2% respectively of today’s new cases.

The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:

Province	Total cases for 24 February 2022	Adjusted numbers after harmonisation	Updated total cases on 24 February 2022	New cases on 25 February 2022	Total cases for 25 February 2022	Percentage total
Eastern Cape	343,200	0	343,200	69	343,269	9.4
Free State	200,332	0	200,332	109	200,441	5.5
Gauteng	1,190,420	0	1,190,420	778	1,191,198	32.5
KwaZulu-Natal	650,989	0	650,989	349	651,338	17.7
Limpopo	154,431	0	154,431	48	154,479	4.2
Mpumalanga	190,829	0	190,829	126	190,955	5.2
North West	190,586	0	190,586	82	190,668	5.2
Northern Cape	108,197	-4	108,193	40	108,233	2.9
Western Cape	638,576	4	638,580	510	639,090	17.4
Total	3,667,560	0	3,667,560	2,111	3,669,671	100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE

The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 8.4%, which is higher than yesterday (7.8%). The 7-day average is 7.8% today, which is higher than yesterday (7.7%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

There has been an increase of 73 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	229,357	39,104	1,479
Public	407	276,602	61,921	1,549
TOTAL	666	505,959	101,025	3,028