Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports 230 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,922,116. This increase represents a 1.2% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 14 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89,177 to date.
18,544,880 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| PRIVATE | 9,991,593 | 53.9% | 11,401 | 59.2% |
| PUBLIC | 8,553,287 | 46.1% | 7,866 | 40.8% |
| Total | 18,544,880 | 19,267 |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Mpumalanga (20%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal accounting for 18%. Gauteng accounted for 16%; Western Cape accounted for 13%; Free State accounted for 11%; Northern Cape and Eastern Cape each accounted for 8% respectively; North West accounted for 6%; and Limpopo accounted for 0% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 30 Oct 2021 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 30 Oct 2021 | New cases on 31 Oct 2021 | Total cases for 31 Oct 2021 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 292344 | 0 | 292344 | 19 | 292363 | 10,0 |
| Free State | 163438 | 0 | 163438 | 26 | 163464 | 5,6 |
| Gauteng | 919541 | 0 | 919541 | 36 | 919577 | 31,5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 515585 | 0 | 515585 | 42 | 515627 | 17,6 |
| Limpopo | 122263 | 0 | 122263 | 0 | 122263 | 4,2 |
| Mpumalanga | 151959 | 0 | 151959 | 45 | 152004 | 5,2 |
| North West | 150629 | 0 | 150629 | 16 | 150642 | 5,2 |
| Northern Cape | 92480 | 0 | 92480 | 18 | 92498 | 3,2 |
| Western Cape | 513647 | 0 | 513647 | 31 | 513678 | 17,6 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0,0 |
| Total | 2921589 | 0 | 2921589 | 230 | 2922116 | 100,0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n=230) is lower than yesterday (n=300) and higher than the average number of cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n=355).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 11 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 | 200,683 | 37,123 | 2,364 |
| Public | 408 | 233,915 | 56,933 | 1,492 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 434,598 | 94,056 | 3,856 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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