Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 10,017 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,862,165. This increase represents a 25.3% positivity rate.
Today, the NDoH reports 50 deaths and of these 10 deaths occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 100,609 to date. 24,765,642 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,506,699 | 54.5% | 23,474 | 59.3% |
| Public | 11,258,943 | 45.5% | 16,139 | 40.7% |
| Total | 24,765,642 | 100.0% | 39,613 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (39%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (21%). Western Cape accounted for 17%; Eastern Cape and Free State each accounted for 6% respectively; Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 3% respectively; Northern Cape accounted for 2%; and Limpopo 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 10 May 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 10 May 2022 | New cases on 11 May 2022 | Total cases for11 May 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 351,878 | 0 | 351,878 | 645 | 352,523 | 9.1 |
| Free State | 207,551 | 0 | 207,551 | 600 | 208,151 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1,269,135 | 0 | 1,269,135 | 3,946 | 1,273,081 | 33.0 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 692,674 | 0 | 692,674 | 2,092 | 694,766 | 18.0 |
| Limpopo | 157,159 | 0 | 157,159 | 104 | 157,263 | 4.1 |
| Mpumalanga | 196,442 | 0 | 196,442 | 323 | 196,765 | 5.1 |
| North West | 196,046 | 0 | 196,046 | 326 | 196,372 | 5.1 |
| Northern Cape | 110,555 | 0 | 110,555 | 232 | 110,787 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 670,708 | 0 | 670,708 | 1,749 | 672,457 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,852,148 | 0 | 3,852,148 | 10,017 | 3,862,165 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (25.3%), and is higher than yesterday (23.0%). The 7-day average is (25.1%) today, and is higher than yesterday (24.7%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 164 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 | 261 | 241,636 | 40,006 | 1,618 |
| Public | 407 | 282,820 | 62,487 | 1,388 |
| TOTAL | 668 | 524,456 | 102,493 | 3,006 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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