Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 877 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 742 107. This increase represents an 9.6% 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 34 deaths, and of these, 3 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,181 to date.
24 198 159 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,165,080 | 54.4% | 5,503 | 60.1% |
| Public | 11,033,079 | 45.6% | 3,646 | 39.9% |
| Total | 24,198,159 | 100.0% | 9,149 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (50%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (24%). Western Cape accounted for 15%; Eastern Cape & Free State accounted for 3% respectively. Mpumalanga accounted for 2%; and Limpopo, Northern Cape & North West accounted for 1% respectively for today’s new cases
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 17 April 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 17 April 2022 | Incident infections for 18 April 2022 | Possible reinfections for 18 April 2022 | New cases on 18 April 2022 | Total cases for 18 April 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 346,266 | 0 | 346,266 | 20 | 3 | 23 | 346,289 | 9,3 |
| Free State | 202,917 | 0 | 202,917 | 27 | 1 | 28 | 202,945 | 5,4 |
| Gauteng | 1,219,318 | 0 | 1,219,318 | 392 | 49 | 441 | 1,219,759 | 32,6 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 664,926 | 0 | 664,926 | 180 | 29 | 209 | 665,135 | 17,8 |
| Limpopo | 156,075 | 0 | 156,075 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 156,081 | 4,2 |
| Mpumalanga | 193,839 | 0 | 193,839 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 193,857 | 5,2 |
| North West | 193,452 | 0 | 193,452 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 193,459 | 5,2 |
| Northern Cape | 109,091 | 0 | 109,091 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 109,104 | 2,9 |
| Western Cape | 655,346 | 0 | 655,346 | 114 | 18 | 132 | 655,478 | 17,5 |
| Total | 3,741,230 | 0 | 3,741,230 | 768 | 109 | 877 | 3,742,107 | 100,0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (9.6%), and is higher than yesterday (8.4%). The 7-day average is (7.7%) today, and is higher than yesterday (7.1%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 4 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 | 237,302 | 39835 | 1072 |
| Public | 407 | 279,822 | 62233 | 1015 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 517,124 | 102,068 | 2087 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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