Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 1,481 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,728,689. This increase represents a 5.8% 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 5 deaths and of these, 3 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,075 to date.
23,996,380 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,047,905 | 54.4% | 13,160 | 51.9% |
| Public | 10,948,475 | 45.6% | 12,180 | 48.1% |
| Total | 23,996,380 | 100.0% | 25,340 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (40%), followed by Western Cape (23%).
Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 21%; Eastern Cape accounted for 6%; Free State & Mpumalanga each accounted for 3%; North West accounted for 2%; Limpopo & Northern Cape each accounted for 1% of today’s new cases
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 06 April 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 06 April 2022 | Incident infections for 07 April 2022 | Possible reinfections for 07 April 2022 | New cases on 07 April 2022 | Total cases for 07 April 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 345,558 | 0 | 345,558 | 79 | 9 | 88 | 345,646 | 9.3 |
| Free State | 202,600 | 0 | 202,600 | 34 | 6 | 40 | 202,640 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1,212,594 | 0 | 1,212,594 | 516 | 74 | 590 | 1,213,184 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 662,274 | 0 | 662,274 | 269 | 41 | 310 | 662,584 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 155,933 | 0 | 155,933 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 155,954 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 193,479 | 0 | 193,479 | 41 | 7 | 48 | 193,527 | 5.2 |
| North West | 193,212 | 0 | 193,212 | 29 | 2 | 31 | 193,243 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 108,991 | 0 | 108,991 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 109,003 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 652,567 | 0 | 652,567 | 287 | 54 | 341 | 652,908 | 17.5 |
| Total | 3,727,208 | 0 | 3,727,208 | 1,284 | 197 | 1,481 | 3,728,689 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (5.8%), and is lower than yesterday (8.6%). The 7-day average is (6.1%) today, and is lower than yesterday (6.2%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 55 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 | 234,110 | 39,428 | 1,075 |
| Public | 407 | 279,405 | 62,203 | 1,065 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 513,515 | 101,631 | 2,140 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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