Today the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), reports 6,527 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,791,925. This increase represents an 21.5% positivity rate.
Today, the NDoH reports 3 deaths, and of these 1 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,363 to date.
24,475,485 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,329,087 | 54.5% | 18,443 | 60.8% |
| Public | 11,146,398 | 45.5% | 11,891 | 39.2% |
| Total | 24,475,485 | 100.0% | 30,334 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (43%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (26%). Western Cape accounted for 14%; Eastern Cape accounted for 5%; Free State accounted for 4%; Mpumalanga accounted for 3%; North West 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 29 April 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 29 April 2022 | New cases on 30 April 2022 | Total cases for30 April 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 348,056 | 0 | 348,056 | 340 | 348,396 | 9.2 |
| Free State | 204,385 | 0 | 204,385 | 263 | 204,648 | 5.4 |
| Gauteng | 1,241,000 | 0 | 1,241,000 | 2,789 | 1,243,789 | 32.8 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 675,510 | 0 | 675,510 | 1,724 | 677,234 | 17.9 |
| Limpopo | 156,532 | 0 | 156,532 | 67 | 156,599 | 4.1 |
| Mpumalanga | 194,811 | 0 | 194,811 | 170 | 194,981 | 5.1 |
| North West | 194,385 | 0 | 194,385 | 137 | 194,522 | 5.1 |
| Northern Cape | 109,529 | 0 | 109,529 | 114 | 109,643 | 2.9 |
| Western Cape | 661,190 | 0 | 661,190 | 923 | 662,113 | 17.5 |
| Total | 3,785,398 | 0 | 3,785,398 | 6,527 | 3,791,925 | 100.0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (21.5%), and is lower than yesterday (22.5%). The 7-day average is (19.7%) today, and is higher than yesterday (19.0%).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 54 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 | 239,068 | 39,935 | 1,094 |
| Public | 407 | 281,058 | 62,351 | 1,107 |
| TOTAL | 668 | 520,126 | 102,286 | 2,201 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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