LATEST UPDATE ON COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA(17 MARCH 2022) 

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LATEST UPDATE ON COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA(17 MARCH 2022) 

Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 1,682 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,700,484. 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 62 deaths and of these, 3 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 99,829 to date.

23,514,233 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

SectorTotal testedNew tested
Private12,777,02054.3%17,02558.3%
Public10,737,21345.7%12,15641.7%
Total23,514,233100.0%29,181100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (34%), followed by Western Cape (29%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 19% and Mpumalanga accounted for 5%. Eastern Cape, Free State and North West each accounted for 3% respectively; and Limpopo & Northern Cape each accounted for 2% respectively of today’s new cases

The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:

Total cases for 16 March 2022Adjusted numbers after harmonisationUpdated total cases on 16 March 2022Incident infections for 17 March 2022Possible reinfections for 17 March 2022New cases on 17 March 2022Total cases for 17 March 2022Percentage total
344,3400344,34049655344,3959.3
201,7660201,76639645201,8115.5
1,201,79001,201,790509625711,202,36132.5
656,3990656,39929430324656,72317.7
155,4000155,40026531155,4314.2
192,5640192,564701282192,6465.2
192,229-1192,22854357192,2855.2
108,6850108,68524327108,7122.9
645,6300645,63041278490646,12017.5
3,698,803-13,698,8021,4772051,6823,700,484100.0

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 (6.2 %). The 7-day average is 5.9% today, which is the lower than yesterday (6.0%)

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 41 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours. The following table is a summary of reported COVID-19 admissions by sector.

SectorFacilities ReportingAdmissions
to Date
Died to DateCurrently Admitted
Private259231,61539,342832
Public407278,34062,1101228
TOTAL666509,955101,4522,060


VACCINE UPDATE

For updates on the national vaccine programme, click here.


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