Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 1,420 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,722,065. This increase represents a 5.4% positivity rate.
Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. Today, the NDoH reports 4 deaths and of these, 2 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,046 to date.
23,893,013 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
Private | 12,988,907 | 54.4% | 14,819 | 56.4% |
Public | 10,904,106 | 45.6% | 11,451 | 43.6% |
Total | 23,893,013 | 100.0% | 26,270 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (39%), followed by Western Cape (25%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 20%; Eastern Cape accounted for 5%; Mpumalanga accounted for 4%; North West accounted for 3%; Free State accounted for 2%; and Limpopo and Northern Cape each accounted for 1% respectively of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
Province | Total cases for 1 April 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 1 April 2022 | New cases on 2 April 2022 | Total cases for2 April 2022 | Percentage total |
Eastern Cape | 345,221 | 0 | 345,221 | 71 | 345,292 | 9.3 |
Free State | 202,441 | 0 | 202,441 | 30 | 202,471 | 5.4 |
Gauteng | 1,209,956 | 0 | 1,209,956 | 548 | 1,210,504 | 32.5 |
KwaZulu-Natal | 660,786 | 0 | 660,786 | 291 | 661,077 | 17.8 |
Limpopo | 155,861 | 0 | 155,861 | 12 | 155,873 | 4.2 |
Mpumalanga | 193,280 | 0 | 193,280 | 53 | 193,333 | 5.2 |
North West | 193,058 | 0 | 193,058 | 40 | 193,098 | 5.2 |
Northern Cape | 108,929 | 0 | 108,929 | 21 | 108,950 | 2.9 |
Western Cape | 651,113 | 0 | 651,113 | 354 | 651,467 | 17.5 |
Total | 3,720,645 | 0 | 3,720,645 | 1,420 | 3,722,065 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 5.4%, and is lower than yesterday (6.1%). The 7-day average is 5.8% today, and is the same as yesterday (5.8%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 6 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 | 233,024 | 39,417 | 796 |
Public | 407 | 279,107 | 62,187 | 1,101 |
TOTAL | 666 | 512,131 | 101,604 | 1,897 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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