Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports 581 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,713,833. This increase represents a 4.5% 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 4 deaths and of these, 1 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 99,970 to date.
23,757,304 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,917,505 | 54.4% | 8,158 | 63.0% |
| Public | 10,839,799 | 45.6% | 4,784 | 37.0% |
| Total | 23,757,304 | 100.0% | 12,942 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (47%), followed by Western Cape (20%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 19%; Free State, Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 3% respectively; Eastern Cape and Northern Cape each accounted for 2% respectively; 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 27 March 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 27 March 2022 | New cases on 28 March 2022 | Total cases for28 March 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 344,879 | 0 | 344,879 | 11 | 344,890 | 9,3 |
| Free State | 202,205 | 0 | 202,205 | 16 | 202,221 | 5,4 |
| Gauteng | 1,206,956 | 0 | 1,206,956 | 275 | 1,207,231 | 32,5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 659,228 | 0 | 659,228 | 109 | 659,337 | 17,8 |
| Limpopo | 155,697 | 0 | 155,697 | 7 | 155,704 | 4,2 |
| Mpumalanga | 193,065 | 0 | 193,065 | 16 | 193,081 | 5,2 |
| North West | 192,832 | 0 | 192,832 | 15 | 192,847 | 5,2 |
| Northern Cape | 108,845 | 0 | 108,845 | 14 | 108,859 | 2,9 |
| Western Cape | 649,545 | 0 | 649,545 | 118 | 649,663 | 17,5 |
| Total | 3,713,252 | 0 | 3,713,252 | 581 | 3,713,833 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 4.5%, which is lower than yesterday (5.9%) The 7-day average is 5.6% today, which is lower than yesterday (5.8%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 21 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 | 232,281 | 39,385 | 747 |
| Public | 407 | 278,970 | 62,184 | 1,169 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 511,251 | 101,569 | 1,916 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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