Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports 4,592 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,556,633. This increase represents a 12.5% % 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 161 deaths and of these, 64 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 93,278 to date.
21,772,893 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 11,757,204 | 54.0% | 19,132 | 52.3% |
| Public | 10,015,689 | 46.0% | 17,461 | 47.7% |
| Total | 21,772,893 | 100.0% | 36,593 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Western Cape (26%), followed by Gauteng and Kwa-Zulu Natal (21% each). Eastern Cape accounted for 10%; Limpopo accounted for 6%; Free State, Mpumalanga, and North West each accounted for 4% respectively; and Northern Cape accounted for 3% of today’s new cases
The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 14 January 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 14 January 2022 | New cases on 15 January 2022 | Total cases for 15 January 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 337,666 | 9 | 337,675 | 479 | 338,154 | 9.5 |
| Free State | 193,948 | -9 | 193,939 | 187 | 194,126 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,153,915 | 14 | 1,153,929 | 977 | 1,154,906 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 634,347 | -18 | 634,329 | 944 | 635,273 | 17.9 |
| Limpopo | 145,455 | -4 | 145,451 | 293 | 145,744 | 4.1 |
| Mpumalanga | 180,581 | -1 | 180,580 | 170 | 180,750 | 5.1 |
| North West | 182,658 | 7 | 182,665 | 201 | 182,866 | 5.1 |
| Northern Cape | 105,448 | -6 | 105,442 | 156 | 105,598 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 618,025 | 6 | 618,031 | 1,185 | 619,216 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,552,043 | -2 | 3,552,041 | 4,592 | 3,556,633 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 12.5% which is lower than yesterday (13.0%). The 7-day average is 14.4% today, which is lower than yesterday (15.4%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 73 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 | 222,088 | 38,517 | 3,092 |
| Public | 407 | 266,414 | 60,467 | 4,994 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 488,502 | 98,984 | 8,086 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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