Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 8 078 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 483 590. This increase represents a 20.1% positivity rate.
As per the National Department of Health, a further 139 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 91 451 to date.
21 344 293 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 11,520,725 | 54.0% | 23,004 | 57.4% |
| Public | 9,823,568 | 46.0% | 17,101 | 42.6% |
| Total | 21,304,188 | 40,105 |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal (28%) followed by Western Cape (22%). Gauteng accounted for 19%; Eastern Cape accounted for 13%; Free State accounted for 5%; Limpopo accounted for 4%; Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 3% respectively; and Northern Cape accounted for 2% of today’s new cases. See table below:
| Province | Total cases for 03 January 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 03 January 2022 | New cases on 04 January 2022 | Total cases for 04 January 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 329805 | 5 | 329810 | 1061 | 330871 | 9.5 |
| Free State | 190411 | 0 | 190411 | 383 | 190794 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1137868 | 29 | 1137897 | 1549 | 1139446 | 32.7 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 616684 | -17 | 616667 | 2281 | 618948 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 142106 | 2 | 142108 | 327 | 142435 | 4.1 |
| Mpumalanga | 177615 | 5 | 177620 | 271 | 177891 | 5.1 |
| North West | 179743 | -36 | 179707 | 278 | 179985 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 102626 | 4 | 102630 | 163 | 102793 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 598654 | 8 | 598662 | 1765 | 600427 | 17.2 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 3475512 | 0 | 3475512 | 8078 | 3483590 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The number of cases today (n= 8 078) is higher than yesterday (n= 3 232) but lower than the average number of cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n= 8 466). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 309 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 | 217899 | 38127 | 3188 |
| Public | 407 | 258763 | 58979 | 5669 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 476662 | 97106 | 8857 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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