Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD),reports 2,465 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,952,500. This increase represents a 6.5% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 114 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89,771 to date.
19,318,050 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 10,366,264 | 53.7% | 19,770 | 51,9% |
| Public | 8,951,786 | 46.3% | 18,305 | 48.1% |
| Total | 19,318,050 | 100.0% | 38,075 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (79%), followed by North West accounting for 5%. Western Cape accounted for 4%; KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo each accounted for 3% respectively; Mpumalanga accounted for 2%; and Eastern Cape, Free State and Northern Cape each accounted for 1% respectively of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 24 Nov 2021 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 24 Nov 2021 | New cases on 25 Nov 2021 | Total cases for 25 Nov 2021 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 293,068 | 0 | 293,068 | 30 | 293,098 | 9.9 |
| Free State | 165,366 | 0 | 165,366 | 29 | 165,395 | 5.6 |
| Gauteng | 932,735 | 3 | 932,738 | 1,950 | 934,688 | 31.7 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 517,881 | 0 | 517,881 | 68 | 517,949 | 17.5 |
| Limpopo | 123,201 | 0 | 123,201 | 75 | 123,276 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 153,445 | 0 | 153,445 | 55 | 153,500 | 5.2 |
| North West | 153,594 | -3 | 153,591 | 132 | 153,723 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 93,201 | 0 | 93,201 | 28 | 93,229 | 3.2 |
| Western Cape | 517,544 | 0 | 517,544 | 98 | 517,642 | 17.5 |
| Total | 2,950,035 | 0 | 2,950,035 | 2,465 | 2,952,500 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 6.5% which is higher than yesterday (3.6%).. The 7-day average is 3.4% today, which is higher than yesterday (2.7%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 98 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 | 200,926 | 37,354 | 1,231 |
| Public | 408 | 236,067 | 57,179 | 941 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 436,993 | 94,533 | 2,172 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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