Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 1 649 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 640 162. This increase represents an 8.1% 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 8 deaths and of these, 2 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 96 993 to date.
22 677 323 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12 292 481 | 54.2% | 13 877 | 68.0% |
| Public | 10 384 842 | 45.8% | 6 528 | 32.0% |
| Total | 22 677 323 | 100.0% | 20 405 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng 35%, followed by Western Cape 22%,
KwaZulu Natal accounted for 14%. Mpumalanga accounted for 9%, Free State and North West each accounted for 5% respectively. Limpopo accounted for 4%; Eastern Cape accounted for 3%; 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 12 February 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 12 February 2022 | New cases on 13 February 2022 | Total cases for 13 February 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 342186 | 0 | 342186 | 52 | 342238 | 9.4 |
| Free State | 198878 | 0 | 198878 | 79 | 198957 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1180062 | 1 | 1180063 | 572 | 1180635 | 32.4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 647280 | 0 | 647280 | 238 | 647518 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 153421 | 0 | 153421 | 69 | 153490 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 188586 | 0 | 188586 | 150 | 188736 | 5.2 |
| North West | 188467 | 0 | 188467 | 88 | 188555 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 107734 | -1 | 107733 | 35 | 107768 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 633548 | 0 | 633548 | 366 | 633914 | 17.4 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 3640162 | 0 | 3640162 | 1649 | 3641811 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 8.1%, which is higher than yesterday (7.6%).
The 7-day average is 8.3% today, which is the same as yesterday (8.3%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 14 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 | 228 031 | 39 016 | 1 994 |
| Public | 407 | 274 545 | 61 747 | 2 127 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 502 576 | 100 763 | 4 121 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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