Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 11,754 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,458,286. This increase represents a 27.2% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 84 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 91,145 to date.
21,231,024 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 11,455,035 | 54.0% | 21,766 | 50.4% |
| Public | 9,775,989 | 46.0% | 21,394 | 49.6% |
| Total | 21,231,024 | 100.0% | 43,160 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Western Cape (26%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (25%). Gauteng accounted for 18%; Eastern Cape accounted for 12%; Free State accounted for 5%; Limpopo and Mpumalanga each accounted for 4% respectively; North West and Northern Cape each accounted for 3% respectively. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 30 December 2021 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 30 December 2021 | New cases on 31 December 2021 | Total cases for31 December 2021 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 326,460 | -2 | 326,458 | 1,414 | 327,872 | 9.5 |
| Free State | 188,971 | 1 | 1808,972 | 582 | 189,554 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,132,399 | 0 | 1,132,399 | 2,126 | 1,134,525 | 32.8 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 609,469 | 0 | 609,469 | 2,935 | 612,404 | 17.7 |
| Limpopo | 141,149 | 0 | 141,149 | 426 | 141,575 | 4.1 |
| Mpumalanga | 176,415 | 0 | 176,415 | 425 | 176,840 | 5.1 |
| North West | 178,853 | 0 | 178,853 | 359 | 179,212 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 101,724 | -3 | 101,721 | 375 | 102,096 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 591,092 | 4 | 591,096 | 3,112 | 594,208 | 17.2 |
| Total | 3,446,532 | 0 | 3,446,532 | 11,754 | 3,458,286 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 27.2% which is lower than yesterday (28.1%). The 7-day average is 25.7% today, which is lower than yesterday (26.0%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 418 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 | 259 | 216,733 | 38,017 | 3,525 |
| Public | 407 | 256,485 | 58,654 | 5,876 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 473,218 | 96,671 | 9,401 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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