Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 3,628 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,631,642. This increase represents a 9.2% 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 213 deaths and of these, 22 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 96, 502 to date.
22,555,062 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,220,559 | 54.2% | 22,582 | 57.3% |
| Public | 10,334,503 | 45.8% | 16,794 | 42.7% |
| Total | 22,555,062 | 100.0% | 39,376 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (34%), followed by Western Cape (15%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 14%; Mpumalanga accounted for 11% and Limpopo accounted for 8%. Free State and North West each accounted for 6% respectively; 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 08 February 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 08 February 2022 | New cases on 09 February 2022 | Total cases for 09 February 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 341,762 | 0 | 341,762 | 138 | 341,900 | 9.4 |
| Free State | 198,199 | 0 | 198,199 | 215 | 198,414 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,175,772 | 1 | 1,175,773 | 1,249 | 1,177,022 | 32.4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 645,664 | 0 | 645,664 | 492 | 646,156 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 152,636 | -1 | 152,635 | 299 | 152,934 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 187,268 | 0 | 187,268 | 407 | 187,675 | 5.2 |
| North West | 187,727 | 0 | 187,727 | 213 | 187,940 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 107,447 | 0 | 107,447 | 87 | 107,534 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 631,539 | 0 | 631,539 | 528 | 632,067 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,628,014 | 0 | 3,628,014 | 3,628 | 3,631,642 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 9.2%, which is higher than yesterday (8.2%). The 7-day average is 8.8% today, which is lower than yesterday (9.1%)
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 128 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 | 227,874 | 38,987 | 2,139 |
| Public | 407 | 273,994 | 61,680 | 2,316 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 501,868 | 100,667 | 4,455 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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