Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports 475 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,921,589. This increase represents a 1.7% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 47 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89,151 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 | 9,967,364 | 53.9% | 13,890 | 49.4% |
| PUBLIC | 8,532,575 | 46.1% | 14,231 | 50.6% |
| Total | 18,499,939 | 28,121 |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (35%), followed by Western Cape accounting for 13%. KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 12%; Free State and Northern Cape each accounted for 9% respectively; Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga each accounted for 7% respectively; North West and Limpopo each 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 28 Oct 2021 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 28 Oct 2021 | New cases on 29 Oct 2021 | Total cases for 29 Oct 2021 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 292297 | -5 | 292292 | 31 | 292323 | 10,0 |
| Free State | 163350 | 3 | 163353 | 43 | 163396 | 5,6 |
| Gauteng | 919323 | 1 | 919324 | 163 | 919487 | 31,5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 515479 | 0 | 515479 | 59 | 515538 | 17,6 |
| Limpopo | 122236 | 0 | 122236 | 19 | 122255 | 4,2 |
| Mpumalanga | 151903 | 1 | 151904 | 33 | 151937 | 5,2 |
| North West | 150596 | 0 | 150596 | 19 | 150615 | 5,2 |
| Northern Cape | 92401 | -2 | 92399 | 44 | 92443 | 3,2 |
| Western Cape | 513529 | 2 | 513531 | 64 | 513595 | 17,6 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0,0 |
| Total | 2921114 | 0 | 2921114 | 475 | 2921589 | 100,0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n=475) is lower than yesterday (n=533) and higher than the average number of cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n=387).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 34 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 | 200,654 | 37,121 | 2,360 |
| Public | 408 | 233,842 | 56,923 | 1,527 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 434,496 | 94,044 | 3,887 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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