Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD),reports 8,920 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,871,085. This increase represents a 23.1% positivity rate.
Today, the NDoH reports 21 deaths and of these 8 deaths occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 100,630 to date. 24,804,199 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
Private | 13,528,266 | 54.5% | 21,567 | 55.9% |
Public | 11,275,933 | 45.5% | 16,990 | 44.1% |
Total | 24,804,199 | 100.0% | 38,557 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (39%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (22%). Western Cape accounted for 16%; Eastern Cape accounted for 7%; Free State accounted for 6%; North West accounted for 4%; Mpumalanga accounted for 3%; 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 11 May 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 11 May 2022 | New cases on 12 May 2022 | Total cases for12 May 2022 | Percentage total |
Eastern Cape | 352,523 | 0 | 352,523 | 622 | 353,145 | 9,1 |
Free State | 208,151 | 0 | 208,151 | 515 | 208,666 | 5,4 |
Gauteng | 1,273,081 | 0 | 1,273,081 | 3,484 | 1,276,565 | 33,0 |
KwaZulu-Natal | 694,766 | 0 | 694,766 | 1,942 | 696,708 | 18,0 |
Limpopo | 157,263 | 0 | 157,263 | 104 | 157,367 | 4,1 |
Mpumalanga | 196,765 | 0 | 196,765 | 274 | 197,039 | 5,1 |
North West | 196,372 | 0 | 196,372 | 325 | 196,697 | 5,1 |
Northern Cape | 110,787 | -1 | 110,786 | 193 | 110,979 | 2,9 |
Western Cape | 672,457 | 1 | 672,458 | 1,461 | 673,919 | 17,4 |
Total | 3,862,165 | 0 | 3,862,165 | 8,920 | 3,871,085 | 100,0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (23.1%), and is lower than yesterday (25.3%). The 7-day average is (24.7%) today, and is lower than yesterday (25.1%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 150 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 | 241,895 | 40,019 | 1,531 |
Public | 407 | 283,098 | 62,511 | 1,434 |
TOTAL | 668 | 524,993 | 102,530 | 2,965 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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