Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports 300 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,921,886. This increase represents a 1.2% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 12 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89,163 to date.
18,525,613 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| PRIVATE | 9,980,192 | 53.9% | 12.828 | 50.0% |
| PUBLIC | 8,545,421 | 46.1% | 12,846 | 50.0% |
| Total | 18,525,613 | 25,674 |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (19%), followed by Western Cape accounting for 17%. KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 16%; Free State accounted for 14%; Northern Cape accounted for 12%; Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga each accounted for 7% respectively; North West accounted for 5%; and Limpopo accounted for 3% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 29 Oct 2021 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 29 Oct 2021 | New cases on 30 Oct 2021 | Total cases for 30 Oct 2021 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 292323 | 0 | 292323 | 21 | 292344 | 10,0 |
| Free State | 163396 | -1 | 163395 | 43 | 163438 | 5,6 |
| Gauteng | 919487 | -2 | 919485 | 56 | 919541 | 31,5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 515538 | 0 | 515538 | 47 | 515585 | 17,6 |
| Limpopo | 122255 | 0 | 122255 | 8 | 122263 | 4,2 |
| Mpumalanga | 151937 | 2 | 151939 | 20 | 151959 | 5,2 |
| North West | 150615 | -2 | 150613 | 16 | 150629 | 5,2 |
| Northern Cape | 92443 | 0 | 92443 | 37 | 92480 | 3,2 |
| Western Cape | 513595 | 0 | 513595 | 52 | 513647 | 17,6 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0,0 |
| Total | 2921589 | -3 | 2921586 | 300 | 2921886 | 100,0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n=300) is lower than yesterday (n=475) and higher than the average number of cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n=365).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 9 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 | 200,671 | 37,123 | 2,364 |
| Public | 408 | 233,870 | 56,929 | 1,493 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 434,541 | 94,052 | 3,857 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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