Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD),reports 3,085 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,608,307. This increase represents an 8.8% 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 195 deaths and of these, 23 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 95,288 to date.
22,303,586 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,070,398 | 54.1% | 20,961 | 59.8% |
| Public | 10,233,188 | 45.9% | 14,106 | 40.2% |
| Total | 22,303,586 | 100.0% | 35,067 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (32%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal and Western Cape accounting for 14% respectively. Mpumalanga accounted for 9%; Free State and Limpopo each accounted for 8% respectively; North West accounted for 7%; Eastern Cape accounted for 6%; and Northern Cape accounted for 3% of today’s new cases.
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 31 January 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 31 January 2022 | New cases on 01 February 2022 | Total cases for 01 February 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 340,904 | 2 | 340,906 | 185 | 341,091 | 9,5 |
| Free State | 196,765 | 2 | 196,767 | 233 | 197,000 | 5,5 |
| Gauteng | 1,168,278 | -32 | 1,168,246 | 1001 | 1,169,247 | 32,4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 642,649 | 8 | 642,657 | 419 | 643076 | 17,8 |
| Limpopo | 150,618 | 2 | 150,620 | 245 | 150,865 | 4,2 |
| Mpumalanga | 184,981 | 9 | 184,990 | 268 | 185,258 | 5,1 |
| North West | 186,000 | 4 | 186,004 | 221 | 186,225 | 5,2 |
| Northern Cape | 106,981 | 0 | 106,981 | 86 | 107,067 | 3,0 |
| Western Cape | 628,046 | 5 | 628,051 | 427 | 628,478 | 17,4 |
| Total | 3,605,222 | 0 | 3,605,222 | 3,085 | 3,608,307 | 100,0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 8.8%, which is higher than yesterday (8.1%). The 7-day average is 9.7% today, and is the same as yesterday (9.7%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 103 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 | 225,517 | 38,865 | 2,421 |
| Public | 407 | 272,190 | 61,404 | 2,773 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 497,707 | 100,269 | 5,194 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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