Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports 1,557 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,715,390. This increase represents a 6.0% 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 6 deaths and of these, 3 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 99,976 to date.
23,783,240 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 12,931,883 | 54.4% | 14,378 | 55.4% |
| Public | 10,851,357 | 45.6% | 11,558 | 44.6% |
| Total | 23,783,240 | 100.0% | 25,936 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (38%), followed by Western Cape (23%). Kwa-Zulu Natal accounted for 22%; Eastern Cape accounted for 7%; North West accounted for 4%; Mpumalanga accounted for 3%; Free State accounted for 2%; 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 28 March 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 28 March 2022 | New cases on 29 March 2022 | Total cases for29 March 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 344,890 | 0 | 344,890 | 108 | 344,998 | 9,3 |
| Free State | 202,221 | 0 | 202,221 | 32 | 202,253 | 5,4 |
| Gauteng | 1,207,231 | 1 | 1,207,232 | 595 | 1,207,827 | 32,5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 659,337 | -3 | 659,334 | 335 | 659,669 | 17,8 |
| Limpopo | 155,704 | 0 | 155,704 | 21 | 155,725 | 4,2 |
| Mpumalanga | 193,081 | 2 | 193,083 | 39 | 193,122 | 5,2 |
| North West | 192,847 | 0 | 192,847 | 61 | 192,908 | 5,2 |
| Northern Cape | 108,859 | 0 | 108,859 | 15 | 108,874 | 2,9 |
| Western Cape | 649,663 | 0 | 649,663 | 351 | 650,014 | 17,5 |
| Total | 3,713,833 | 0 | 3,713,833 | 1,557 | 3,715,390 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 6.0%, which is higher than yesterday (4.5%). The 7-day average is 5.8% today, which is higher than yesterday (5.6%).
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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 | 259 | 232,487 | 39,396 | 776 |
| Public | 407 | 279,075 | 62,195 | 1,160 |
| TOTAL | 666 | 511,562 | 101,591 | 1,936 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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