Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports 1,571 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,693,532. 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 3 deaths and of these, 1 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 99,712 to date.
23,392,502 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,708,350 | 54.3% | 15,529 | 57.5% |
| Public | 10,684,152 | 45.7% | 11,498 | 42.5% |
| Total | 23,392,502 | 100.0% | 27,027 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (34%), followed by Western Cape (24%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 20%; North West accounted for 6%; Mpumalanga accounted for 5%; Free State accounted for 4%; Eastern Cape and Limpopo each accounted for 3% respectively; and Northern Cape 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 11 March 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 11 March 2022 | New cases on 12 March 2022 | Total cases for12 March 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 344,099 | 0 | 344,099 | 51 | 344,150 | 9.3 |
| Free State | 201,510 | 1 | 201,511 | 55 | 201,566 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,199,196 | -1 | 1,199,195 | 533 | 1,199,728 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 655,206 | 0 | 655,206 | 313 | 655,519 | 17.7 |
| Limpopo | 155,211 | -1 | 155,210 | 50 | 155,260 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 192,231 | 1 | 192,232 | 74 | 192,306 | 5.2 |
| North West | 191,897 | 1 | 191,898 | 95 | 191,993 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 108,594 | -2 | 108,592 | 18 | 108,610 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 644,018 | 0 | 644,018 | 382 | 644,400 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,691,962 | -1 | 3,691,961 | 1,571 | 3,693,532 | 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%, which is lower than yesterday (7.5%). The 7-day average is 6.2% today, which is the same as yesterday (6.2%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 24 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 | 230,601 | 39,193 | 1,120 |
| Public | 407 | 277,967. | 62,086 | 1,279 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 508,568 | 101,279 | 2,399 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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