Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports 3,197 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,585,888. This increase represents an 8.8% 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 132 deaths and of these, 23 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 94,397 to date.
22,077,649 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 11,937,379 | 54.1% | 20,0263 | 55.4% |
| Public | 10,140,270 | 45.9% | 16,153 | 44.6% |
| Total | 22,077,649 | 100.0% | 36,216 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (28%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (15%). Western Cape accounted for 14%; Limpopo accounted for 13%; Mpumalanga accounted for 8%; Eastern Cape and Free State each accounted for 7% respectively; North West accounted for 6%; 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 24 January 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 24 January 2022 | New cases on 25 January 2022 | Total cases for25 January 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 339,854 | -9 | 339,845 | 235 | 340,080 | 9.5 |
| Free State | 195,395 | 8 | 195,403 | 208 | 195,611 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,161,274 | -40 | 1,161,234 | 898 | 1,162,132 | 32.4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 639,857 | 7 | 639,864 | 483 | 640,347 | 17.9 |
| Limpopo | 148,135 | 4 | 148,139 | 421 | 148,560 | 4.1 |
| Mpumalanga | 182,537 | 17 | 182,554 | 253 | 182,807 | 5.1 |
| North West | 184,422 | 8 | 184,430 | 182 | 184,612 | 5.1 |
| Northern Cape | 106,486 | 2 | 106,488 | 57 | 106,545 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 624,731 | 3 | 624,734 | 460 | 625,194 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,582,691 | 0 | 3,582,691 | 3,197 | 3,585,888 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 8.8%, which is higher than yesterday (7.8%). The 7-day average is 9.4% today, and is the same as yesterday (9.4%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 179 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 | 224,244 | 38,768 | 2,594 |
| Public | 407 | 270,294 | 61,089 | 3,690 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 494,538 | 99,857 | 6,284 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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