The NICD reports 685 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,667,560. This increase represents a 5.4% 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 2 deaths and of these, 2 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,052 to date.
23,922,395 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,007,662 | 54.4% | 8,186 | 64.5% |
| Public | 10,914,733 | 45.6% | 4,511 | 35.5% |
| Total | 23,922,395 | 100.0% | 12,697 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (46%), followed by Western Cape (20%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 18% and Mpumalanga accounted for 5% .Eastern Cape, Free State and North West each accounted for 3% respectively. Northern Cape accounted 1% and Limpopo accounted for less than 1% of today’s new cases
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 03 April 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 03 April 2022 | Incident infections for 04 April 2022 | Possible reinfections for 04 April 2022 | New cases on 04 April 2022 | Total cases for 04 April 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 345,335 | 0 | 345,335 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 345,356 | 9.3 |
| Free State | 202,504 | 0 | 202,504 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 202,524 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1,210,873 | 0 | 1,210,873 | 274 | 41 | 315 | 1,211,188 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 661,303 | 0 | 661,303 | 103 | 19 | 122 | 661,425 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 155,881 | 0 | 155,881 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 155,884 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 193,356 | 0 | 193,356 | 34 | 2 | 36 | 193,392 | 5.2 |
| North West | 193,115 | 0 | 193,115 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 193,137 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 108,953 | 0 | 108,953 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 108,962 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 651,634 | 0 | 651,634 | 116 | 21 | 137 | 651,771 | 17.5 |
| Total | 3,722,954 | 0 | 3,722,954 | 594 | 91 | 685 | 3,723,639 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (5.4%), and is higher than yesterday (5.3%). The 7-day average is (5.9%) today, and is higher than yesterday (5.7%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 26 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 | 233,174 | 39,424 | 749 |
| Public | 407 | 279,194 | 62,199 | 1,100 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 512,368 | 101,623 | 1,849 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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