Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports 146 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,919,778. This increase represents a 1.0% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 9 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 88,934 to date.
18,378,836 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| PRIVATE | 9,904,178 | 54% | 8,962 | 62% |
| PUBLIC | 8,474,658 | 46% | 5,515 | 38% |
| Total | 18,378,836 | 14,477 |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (30%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal accounting with 26%. Western Cape accounted for 16%; Northern Cape accounted for 8%; Eastern Cape and North West each accounted for 5% respectively; Mpumalanga accounted for 4%; Free State accounted for 3%; and Limpopo accounted for 2% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 24 Oct 2021 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 24 Oct 2021 | New cases on 25 Oct 2021 | Total cases for 25 Oct 2021 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 292,190 | 0 | 292,190 | 7 | 292,197 | 10.0 |
| Free State | 163,197 | 0 | 163,197 | 5 | 163,202 | 5.6 |
| Gauteng | 918,952 | 0 | 918,952 | 44 | 918,996 | 31.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 515,233 | 0 | 515,233 | 38 | 515,271 | 17.6 |
| Limpopo | 122,190 | 0 | 122,190 | 3 | 122,193 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 151,803 | 0 | 151,803 | 6 | 151,809 | 5.2 |
| North West | 150,502 | 0 | 150,502 | 8 | 150,510 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 92,272 | 0 | 92,272 | 11 | 92,283 | 3.2 |
| Western Cape | 513,293 | 0 | 513,293 | 24 | 513,317 | 17.6 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 2,919,632 | 0 | 2,919,632 | 146 | 2,919,778 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n=146) is lower than yesterday (n=300) and lower than the average number of cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n=425).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 24 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 | 200,524 | 37,082 | 2,479 |
| Public | 408 | 233,437 | 56,881 | 1,715 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 433,961 | 93,963 | 4,194 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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