Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 9,260 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,513,813. This increase represents a 20.2% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 140 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 92,252 to date.
21,487,054 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
Private | 11,598,144 | 54.0% | 24,949 | 54.4 |
Public | 9,888,910 | 46.0% | 20,894 | 45.6% |
Total | 21,487,054 | 100.0% | 45,843 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Western Cape (26%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (25%). Gauteng accounted for 20%; Eastern Cape accounted for 9%; Free State accounted for 5%; Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West and Northern Cape each accounted for 4% respectively of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
Province | Total cases for 06 January 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 06 January 2022 | New cases on 07 January 2022 | Total cases for07 January 2022 | Percentage total |
Eastern Cape | 333,178 | 0 | 333,178 | 806 | 333,984 | 9.5 |
Free State | 191,712 | 3 | 191,715 | 477 | 192,192 | 5.5 |
Gauteng | 1,143,740 | 3 | 1,143,743 | 1,813 | 1,145,556 | 32.6 |
KwaZulu-Natal | 623,852 | 3 | 623,855 | 2,303 | 626,158 | 17.8 |
Limpopo | 143,113 | 2 | 143,115 | 364 | 143,479 | 4.1 |
Mpumalanga | 178,689 | -2 | 178,687 | 338 | 179,025 | 5.1 |
North West | 180,787 | -10 | 180,777 | 371 | 181,148 | 5.2 |
Northern Cape | 103,581 | -15 | 103,566 | 353 | 103,919 | 3.0 |
Western Cape | 605,902 | 15 | 605,917 | 2,435 | 608,352 | 17.3 |
Total | 3,504,554 | -1 | 3,504,553 | 9,260 | 3,513,813 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 20.2% which is lower than yesterday (21.0%). The 7-day average is 21.7% today, which is lower than yesterday (22.7%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 361 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 | 219,580 | 38,276 | 3,379 |
Public | 407 | 261,629 | 59,655 | 5,428 |
TOTAL | 666 | 481,209 | 97,931 | 8,807 |
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