Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports 1,332 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,582,691. This increase represents a 7.8% 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 88 deaths and of these, 14 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 94,265 to date.
22,041,433 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 11,917,316 | 54.1% | 12,127 | 70.6% |
| Public | 10,124,117 | 45.9% | 5,060 | 29.4% |
| Total | 22,041,433 | 100.0% | 17,187 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (35%), followed by Western Cape (17%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 16%; Mpumalanga accounted for 9%; Free State, Limpopo and North West each accounted for 6% respectively; Eastern Cape accounted for 3%; 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 23 January 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 23 January 2022 | New cases on 24 January 2022 | Total cases for24 January 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 339,808 | 0 | 339,808 | 46 | 339,854 | 9.5 |
| Free State | 195,314 | 0 | 195,314 | 81 | 195,395 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,160,814 | 0 | 1,160,814 | 460 | 1,161,274 | 32.4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 639,644 | 0 | 639,644 | 213 | 639,857 | 17.9 |
| Limpopo | 148,050 | 0 | 148,050 | 85 | 148,135 | 4.1 |
| Mpumalanga | 182,423 | 0 | 182,423 | 114 | 182,537 | 5.1 |
| North West | 184,347 | 0 | 184,347 | 75 | 184,422 | 5.1 |
| Northern Cape | 106,463 | -3 | 106,460 | 26 | 106,486 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 624,496 | 3 | 624,499 | 232 | 624,731 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,581,359 | 0 | 3,581,359 | 1,332 | 3,582,691 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 7.8%, which is lower than yesterday (8.6%). The 7-day average is 9.4% today, which is lower than yesterday (9.6%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 89 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 | 224,002 | 38,753 | 2,571 |
| Public | 407 | 269,949 | 61,038 | 3,816 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 493,951 | 99,791 | 6,387 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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