Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 1,538 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,725,177. This increase represents a 6.2% 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 15 deaths and of these, 7 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,067 to date.
23,947,309 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,021,579 | 54.4% | 13,917 | 55.9% |
| Public | 10,925,730 | 45.6% | 10,997 | 44.1% |
| Total | 23,947,309 | 100.0% | 24,914 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (39%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (24%). Western Cape accounted for 23%; Eastern Cape accounted for 6% and Mpumalanga accounted for 3%. Free State and North West each accounted for 2% respectively. Northern Cape and Limpopo accounted for less than 1% of today’s new cases.
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 04 April 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 04 April 2022 | Incident infections for 05 April 2022 | Possible reinfections for 05 April 2022 | New cases on 05 April 2022 | Total cases for 05 April 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 345,356 | 0 | 345,356 | 78 | 12 | 90 | 345,446 | 9.3 |
| Free State | 202,524 | 0 | 202,524 | 31 | 4 | 35 | 202,559 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1,211,188 | 0 | 1,211,188 | 514 | 83 | 597 | 1,211,785 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 661,425 | 0 | 661,425 | 313 | 55 | 368 | 661,793 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 155,884 | 0 | 155,884 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 155,904 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 193,392 | 0 | 193,392 | 34 | 9 | 43 | 193,435 | 5.2 |
| North West | 193,137 | 0 | 193,137 | 25 | 5 | 30 | 193,167 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 108,962 | 0 | 108,962 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 108,969 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 651,771 | 0 | 651,771 | 293 | 55 | 348 | 652,119 | 17.5 |
| Total | 3,723,639 | 0 | 3,723,639 | 1,312 | 226 | 1,538 | 3,725,177 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (6.2%), and is higher than yesterday (5.4%). The 7-day average is (5.9%) today, and is unchanged from yesterday (5.9%).
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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 | 259 | 233,529 | 39,425 | 1,161 |
| Public | 407 | 279,307 | 62,212 | 1,102 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 512,836 | 101,637 | 2,163 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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