Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports 1,671 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,691,962. This increase represents a 7.5% 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 28 deaths and of these, 6 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 99,709 to date.
23,365,475 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,692,821 | 54.3% | 11,058 | 49.8% |
| Public | 10,672,654 | 45.7% | 11,164 | 50.2% |
| Total | 23,365,475 | 100.0% | 22,225 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (31%), followed by Western Cape (26%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 17%; Free State, Limpopo and Mpumalanga each accounted for 5% respectively; Eastern Cape and North West each accounted for 4% respectively; and Northern Cape accounted for 2% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 10 March 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 10 March 2022 | New cases on 11 March 2022 | Total cases for11 March 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 344,036 | 0 | 344,036 | 63 | 344,099 | 9.3 |
| Free State | 201,425 | 0 | 201,425 | 85 | 201,510 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,198,676 | 0 | 1,198,676 | 520 | 1,199,196 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 654,914 | 0 | 654,914 | 292 | 655,206 | 17.7 |
| Limpopo | 155,130 | -1 | 155,129 | 82 | 155,211 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 192,141 | 0 | 192,141 | 90 | 192,231 | 5.2 |
| North West | 191,830 | 0 | 191,830 | 67 | 191,897 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 108,561 | 0 | 108,561 | 33 | 108,594 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 643,578 | 1 | 643,579 | 439 | 644,018 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,690,291 | 0 | 3,690,291 | 1,671 | 3,691,962 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 7.5%, which is higher than yesterday (6.5%). The 7-day average is 6.2% today, which is higher than yesterday (6.0%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 44 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 | 230,566 | 39,190 | 1,120 |
| Public | 407 | 277,906 | 62,085 | 1,269 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 508,472 | 101,275 | 2,389 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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