Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD)reports 533 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,921,114. This increase represents a 1.7% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 55 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89,104 to date.
18,471,818 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| PRIVATE | 9,953,474 | 53.9% | 15,272 | 49.5% |
| PUBLIC | 8,518,344 | 46.1% | 15,573 | 50.5% |
| Total | 18,471,818 | 30,845 |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (28%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal accounting for 17%. Western Cape accounted for 14%; Free State accounted for 10%; Northern Cape accounted for 8%; Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga each accounted for 7% respectively; North West accounted for 5%; and Limpopo accounted for 4% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 27 Oct 2021 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 27 Oct 2021 | New cases on 28 Oct 2021 | Total cases for 28 Oct 2021 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 292,261 | 0 | 292,261 | 36 | 292,297 | 10,0 |
| Free State | 163,297 | 0 | 163,297 | 53 | 163,350 | 5,6 |
| Gauteng | 919,173 | 0 | 919,173 | 150 | 919,323 | 31,5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 515,386 | 0 | 515,386 | 93 | 515,479 | 17,6 |
| Limpopo | 122,213 | 0 | 122,213 | 23 | 122,236 | 4,2 |
| Mpumalanga | 151,868 | 0 | 151,868 | 35 | 151,903 | 5,2 |
| North West | 150,569 | 0 | 150,569 | 27 | 150,596 | 5,2 |
| Northern Cape | 92,361 | 0 | 92,361 | 40 | 92,401 | 3,2 |
| Western Cape | 513,453 | 0 | 513,453 | 76 | 513,529 | 17,6 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0,0 |
| Total | 2,920,581 | 0 | 2,920,581 | 533 | 2,921,114 | 100,0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n=533) is higher than yesterday (n=472) and higher than the average number of cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n=393).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 30 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 | 200,599 | 37,110 | 2,359 |
| Public | 408 | 233,749 | 56,939 | 1,580 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 434,348 | 94,049 | 3,939 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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