The NICD reports 889 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,722,954. This increase represents a 5.3% 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 4 deaths and of these, 1 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,050 to date.
23,909,698 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,999,476 | 54.4% | 10,569 | 63.3% |
| Public | 10,910,222 | 45.6% | 6,116 | 36.7% |
| Total | 23,909,698 | 100.0% | 16,685 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (42%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (25%). Western Cape accounted for 19%; Eastern Cape accounted for 5%; Free State accounted for 4%; Mpumalanga accounted for 3%; North West accounted for 2%; Limpopo accounted for 1%; 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 2 April 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 2 April 2022 | New cases on 3 April 2022 | Total cases for 3 April 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 345,292 | 0 | 345,292 | 43 | 345,335 | 9.3 |
| Free State | 202,471 | 0 | 202,471 | 33 | 202,504 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1,210,504 | 0 | 1,210,504 | 369 | 1,210,873 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 661,077 | 0 | 661,077 | 226 | 661,303 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 155,873 | 0 | 155,873 | 8 | 155,881 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 193,333 | 0 | 193,333 | 23 | 193,356 | 5.2 |
| North West | 193,098 | 0 | 193,098 | 17 | 193,115 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 108,950 | 0 | 108,950 | 3 | 108,953 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 651,467 | 0 | 651,467 | 167 | 651,634 | 17.5 |
| Total | 3,722,065 | 0 | 3,722,065 | 889 | 3,722,954 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 5.3%, and is lower than yesterday (5.4%). The 7-day average is 5.7% today, and is lower than yesterday (5.8%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 4 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 | 233,049 | 39,417 | 788 |
| Public | 407 | 279,130 | 62,188 | 1,119 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 512,179 | 101,605 | 1,907 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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