The NICD reports 3,357 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,622,210. This increase represents an 8.9% 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 48 deaths and of these, 8 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 95,817 to date.
22,443,199 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,151,304 | 54.1% | 20,022 | 52.9% |
| Public | 10,291,895 | 45.9% | 17,804 | 47.1% |
| Total | 22,443,199 | 100.0% | 37,826 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (32%), followed by Western Cape (15%), Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 13%; Mpumalanga accounted for 11%; Limpopo and North West each accounted for 9% respectively; Free State accounted for 7%; Eastern Cape accounted for 2%; 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 04 February 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 04 February 2022 | New cases on 05 February 2022 | Total cases for 05 February 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 341,475 | 0 | 341,475 | 83 | 341,558 | 9,4 |
| Free State | 197,619 | 3 | 197,622 | 238 | 197,860 | 5,5 |
| Gauteng | 1,172,641 | -37 | 1,172,604 | 1,084 | 1,173,688 | 32,4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 644,327 | 6 | 644,333 | 430 | 644,763 | 17,8 |
| Limpopo | 151,952 | 7 | 151,959 | 302 | 152,261 | 4,2 |
| Mpumalanga | 186,360 | 6 | 186,366 | 380 | 186,746 | 5,2 |
| North West | 186,993 | 10 | 187,003 | 299 | 187,302 | 5,2 |
| Northern Cape | 107,305 | 0 | 107,305 | 35 | 107,340 | 3,0 |
| Western Cape | 630,181 | 5 | 630,186 | 506 | 630,692 | 17,4 |
| Total | 3,618,853 | 0 | 3,618,853 | 3,357 | 3,622,210 | 100,0 |
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 8.9%, and is the same as yesterday (8.9%). The 7-day average is 9.4% today, which is lower than yesterday (9.6%)
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 65 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 | 226,222 | 38,921 | 2,202 |
| Public | 407 | 273,168 | 61,550 | 2,545 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 499,390 | 100,471 | 4,747 |
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