Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 4,146 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,780,444. This increase represents a 18.3% positivity rate. Today, the NDoH reports 4 deaths that occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,355 to date.
24,423,181 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,297,393 | 54.4% | 12,520 | 55.1% |
| Public | 11,125,788 | 45.6% | 10,190 | 44.9% |
| Total | 24,423,181 | 100.0% | 22,710 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (53%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (23%). Western Cape accounted for 11%; Free State accounted for 4%; Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 2% respectively; and Limpopo and Northern Cape each accounted for 1% respectively of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 27 April 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 27 April 2022 | New cases on 28 April 2022 | Total cases for28 April 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 347,676 | 0 | 347,676 | 71 | 347,747 | 9.2 |
| Free State | 204,013 | 0 | 204,013 | 180 | 204,193 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1,236,644 | 4 | 1,236,648 | 2,177 | 1,238,825 | 32.8 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 673,195 | 0 | 673,195 | 960 | 674,155 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 156,444 | 2 | 156,446 | 27 | 156,473 | 4.1 |
| Mpumalanga | 194,634 | 0 | 194,634 | 98 | 194,732 | 5.2 |
| North West | 194,162 | -7 | 194,155 | 97 | 194,252 | 5.1 |
| Northern Cape | 109,416 | 1 | 109,417 | 60 | 109,477 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 660,114 | 0 | 660,114 | 476 | 660,590 | 17.5 |
| Total | 3,776,298 | 0 | 3,776,298 | 4,146 | 3,780,444 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (18.3%), and is lower than yesterday (21.1%). The 7-day average is (18.3%) today, and is higher than yesterday (18.0%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 64 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 | 261 | 238,624 | 39,926 | 1,006 |
| Public | 407 | 280,821 | 62,330 | 1,021 |
| TOTAL | 668 | 519,445 | 102,256 | 2,027 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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