Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 972 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,694,504. This increase represents a 5.5% 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 13 deaths and of these, 0 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 99,725 to date.
23,410,199 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,719,315 | 54.3% | 10,965 | 62.0% |
| Public | 10,690,884 | 45.7% | 6,732 | 38.0% |
| Total | 23,410,199 | 100.0% | 17,697 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (37%), followed by Western Cape (25%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 17%; Free State, Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 5% respectively; Northern Cape accounted for 3%; Eastern 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 12 March 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 12 March 2022 | New cases on 13 March 2022 | Total cases for13 March 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 344,150 | 0 | 344,150 | 24 | 344,174 | 9.3 |
| Free State | 201,566 | 0 | 201,566 | 50 | 201,616 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,199,728 | 0 | 1,199,728 | 358 | 1,200,086 | 32.5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 655,519 | 0 | 655,519 | 169 | 655,688 | 17.7 |
| Limpopo | 155,260 | 0 | 155,260 | 11 | 155,271 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 192,306 | 0 | 192,306 | 48 | 192,354 | 5.2 |
| North West | 191,993 | 0 | 191,993 | 46 | 192,039 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 108,610 | 0 | 108,610 | 25 | 108,635 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 644,400 | 0 | 644,400 | 241 | 644,641 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,693,532 | 0 | 3,693,532 | 972 | 3,694,504 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 5.5%, which is lower than yesterday (5.8%). The 7-day average is 6.1% today, which is lower than yesterday (6.2%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 10 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 | 230,604 | 39,195 | 1,104 |
| Public | 407 | 277,995 | 62,088 | 1,273 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 508,599 | 101,283 | 2,377 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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