Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 2,364 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,645,269. This increase represents a 7.7% 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 181 deaths and of these, 7 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 97,431 to date.
22,723,984 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,322,333 | 54.2% | 18,970 | 61.7% |
| Public | 10,401,651 | 45.8% | 11,761 | 38.3% |
| Total | 22,723,984 | 100.0% | 30,731 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (42%), followed by Western Cape (16%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 14%; Mpumalanga accounted for 7%; Free State accounted for 6%; North West accounted for 5%; Eastern Cape and Limpopo each accounted for 4% respectively; 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 14 Feb 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 14 Feb 2022 | New cases on 15 Feb 2022 | Total cases for15 Feb 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 342,276 | 0 | 342,276 | 101 | 342,377 | 9.4 |
| Free State | 199,003 | 0 | 199,003 | 131 | 199,134 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,181,117 | 0 | 1,181,117 | 983 | 1,182,100 | 32.4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 647,656 | 0 | 647,656 | 326 | 647,982 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 153,529 | -4 | 153,525 | 106 | 153,631 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 188,842 | 3 | 188,845 | 177 | 189,022 | 5.2 |
| North West | 188,620 | 2 | 188,622 | 123 | 188,745 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 107,778 | -2 | 107,776 | 43 | 107,819 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 634,084 | 1 | 634,085 | 374 | 634,459 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,642,905 | 0 | 3,642,905 | 2,364 | 3,645,269 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 7.7%, which is higher than yesterday (6.9%). The 7-day average is 8.1% today, which is lower than yesterday (8.2%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 110 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 | 228,237 | 39,036 | 1,880 |
| Public | 407 | 274,923 | 61,816 | 1,922 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 503,250 | 100,852 | 3,802 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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