Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD),reports 5,244 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,552,043. This increase represents a 13% 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 128 deaths and of these, 59 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 93,117 to date.
21,736,300 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 11,738,072 | 54.0% | 21,390 | 53.1% |
| Public | 9,998,228 | 46.0% | 18,928 | 46.9% |
| Total | 21,736,300 | 100.0% | 40,318 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Western Cape (26%), followed by Gauteng (20%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 19%; Eastern Cape and Limpopo each accounted for 9% respectively; Northern Cape accounted for 5%; Free State, Mpumalanga and North West 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 13 January 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 13 January 2022 | New cases on 14 January 2022 | Total cases for14 January 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 337,197 | 9 | 337,206 | 460 | 337,666 | 9.5 |
| Free State | 193,730 | 0 | 193,730 | 218 | 193,948 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,152,844 | 10 | 1,152,854 | 1,061 | 1,153,915 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 633,396 | -33 | 633,363 | 984 | 634,347 | 17.9 |
| Limpopo | 144,998 | 1 | 144,999 | 456 | 145,455 | 4.1 |
| Mpumalanga | 180,352 | 2 | 180,354 | 227 | 180,581 | 5.1 |
| North West | 182,455 | 1 | 182,456 | 202 | 182,658 | 5.1 |
| Northern Cape | 105,204 | -3 | 105,201 | 247 | 105,448 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 616,632 | 4 | 616,636 | 1,389 | 618,025 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,546,808 | -9 | 3,546,799 | 5,244 | 3,552,043 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 13.0% which is lower than yesterday (14.3%). The 7-day average is 15.4% today, which is lower than yesterday (16.4%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 274 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 | 221,925 | 38,500 | 3,157 |
| Public | 407 | 266,117 | 60,435 | 4,979 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 488,042 | 98,935 | 8,136 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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