Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 23,884 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,204,642. This increase represents a 34.9% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 24 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 90,172 to date.
20,352,343 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 10,961,419 | 53.9% | 29,999 | 43.8% |
| Public | 9,390,924 | 46.1% | 38,438 | 56.2% |
| Total | 20,352,343 | 100.0% | 68,437 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (36%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (22%). Western Cape accounted for 13%; Eastern Cape accounted for 7%; Free State and North West each accounted for 6% respectively; Mpumalanga accounted for 5%; Limpopo accounted for 3%; and Northern Cape accounted for 1% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 13 December 2021 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 13 December 2021 | New cases on 14 December 2021 | Total cases for14 December 2021 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 300,724 | 0 | 300,724 | 1,744 | 302,468 | 9.4 |
| Free State | 173,348 | 0 | 173,348 | 1,409 | 174,757 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,069,565 | -27 | 1,069,538 | 8,685 | 1,078,223 | 33.6 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 543,045 | 0 | 543,045 | 5,205 | 548,250 | 17.1 |
| Limpopo | 131,597 | 0 | 131,597 | 767 | 132,364 | 4.1 |
| Mpumalanga | 164,205 | 0 | 164,205 | 1,108 | 165,313 | 5.2 |
| North West | 165,462 | 0 | 165,462 | 1,453 | 166,915 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 95,286 | 0 | 95,286 | 333 | 95,619 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 537,553 | 0 | 537,553 | 3,180 | 540,733 | 16.9 |
| Total | 3,180,785 | -27 | 3,180,758 | 23,884 | 3,204,642 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 34,9% which is higher than yesterday (31,0%). The 7-day average is 27,2% today, which is higher than yesterday (25,8 %).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 599 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 | 258 | 207,040 | 37,537 | 2,800 |
| Public | 407 | 243,470 | 57,582 | 4,095 |
| TOTAL | 665 | 450,510 | 95,119 | 6,895 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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