The NICD reports 2,824 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,628,014. This increase represents an 8.2% 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 268 deaths and of these, 20 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 96,289 to date.
22,515,686 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,197,977 | 54.2% | 20,392 | 58.9% |
| Public | 10,317,709 | 45.8% | 14,228 | 41.1% |
| Total | 22,515,686 | 100.0% | 34,620 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (35%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (16%). Western Cape accounted for 15%; Limpopo accounted for 8%; Free State, Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 7% respectively; Eastern Cape accounted for 4%; 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 7 Feb 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 7 Feb 2022 | New cases on 8 Feb 2022 | Total cases for 8 Feb 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 341,657 | 2 | 341,659 | 103 | 341,762 | 9.4 |
| Free State | 198012 | 2 | 198,014 | 185 | 198,199 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,174,790 | -15 | 1,174,775 | 997 | 1,175,772 | 32.4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 645,200 | 2 | 645,202 | 462 | 645,664 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 152,422 | -2 | 152,420 | 216 | 152,636 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 187,068 | 4 | 187,072 | 196 | 187,268 | 5.2 |
| North West | 187,523 | 5 | 187,528 | 199 | 187,727 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 107,406 | 0 | 107,406 | 41 | 107,447 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 631,112 | 2 | 631,114 | 425 | 631,539 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,625,190 | 0 | 3,625,190 | 2,824 | 3,628,014 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 8.2%, which is higher than yesterday (7.6%). The 7-day average is 9.1% today, which is lower than yesterday (9.2%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 101 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 | 226,954 | 38,961 | 2,123 |
| Public | 407 | 273,718 | 61,632 | 2,379 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 500,672 | 100,593 | 4,502 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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