Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports 3,266 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,616,075. This increase represents a 10.6% 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 82 deaths and of these, 12 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 95,545 to date.
22,374,263 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
Private | 12,112,006 | 54.1% | 17,457 | 56.7% |
Public | 10,262,257 | 45.9% | 13,328 | 43.3% |
Total | 22,374,263 | 100.0% | 30,785 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (31%), followed by Western Cape (17%); Kwa-Zulu Natal and Limpopo each accounted for 12% respectively. North West accounted for 9%; Mpumalanga accounted for 8%; Free State accounted for 5%; Eastern Cape accounted for 4%; and Northern Cape accounted for 2% of today’s new cases.
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
Province | Total cases for 02 February 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 02 February 2022 | New cases on 03 February 2022 | Total cases for 03 February 2022 | Percentage total |
Eastern Cape | 341,243 | 0 | 341,243 | 133 | 341,376 | 9.4 |
Free State | 197,265 | 0 | 197,265 | 178 | 197,443 | 5.5 |
Gauteng | 1,170,720 | 0 | 1,170,720 | 1005 | 1,171,725 | 32.4 |
KwaZulu-Natal | 643,586 | 0 | 643,586 | 396 | 643,982 | 17.8 |
Limpopo | 151,336 | 0 | 151,336 | 380 | 151,716 | 4.2 |
Mpumalanga | 185,797 | 0 | 185,797 | 275 | 186,072 | 5.1 |
North West | 186,518 | 0 | 186,518 | 283 | 186,801 | 5.2 |
Northern Cape | 107,177 | 0 | 107,177 | 69 | 107,246 | 3.0 |
Western Cape | 629,167 | 0 | 629,167 | 547 | 629,714 | 17.4 |
Total | 3,612,809 | 0 | 3,612,809 | 3,266 | 3,616,075 | 100.0 |
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 10.6%, which is lower than yesterday (11.3%). The 7-day average is 9.8% today, and is the same as yesterday (9.8%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 127 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 | 225,929 | 38,890 | 2,396 |
Public | 407 | 272,816 | 61,507 | 2,616 |
TOTAL | 666 | 498,745 | 100,397 | 5,012 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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