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1 634 new Covid cases in SA – NICD

Institute says only 34 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours

Latest confirmed cases of Covid-19 in South Africa

25 September 2021

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues to provide laboratory-based surveillance to inform the public health response towards COVID-19 in South Africa.

Nationally we have exited the third wave according to the current definition. The national 7-day moving average of daily case numbers, positivity rate and testing rate continue to decrease, with sustained decreases seen in all provinces. Today the institute reports 1,634 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,895,976. This increase represents a 6.6% positivity rate.

As per the National Department of Health, a further 34 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 87,001 to date. 17,553,515 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector

Total tested

New tested

PRIVATE

9,470,096

54%

10,597

43%

PUBLIC

8,083,419

46%

14,159

57%

Total

17,553,515

 

24,756

 

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal (21%), followed by Western Cape (18%). Northern Cape accounted for 16%; Eastern Cape accounted for 14%; Gauteng Province accounted for 12%; Free State accounted for 8%; Mpumalanga accounted for 5% and Limpopo accounted for 1% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province

Total cases for 24 September 2021

Adjusted numbers after harmonisation

Updated total cases on 24 September 2021

New cases on 25 September 2021

Total cases for 25 September 2021

Percentage total

Eastern Cape

289,350

0

289,350

232

289,582

10.0

Free State

160,453

0

160,453

131

160,584

5.5

Gauteng

915,326

0

915,326

201

915,527

31.6

KwaZulu-Natal

509,715

0

509,715

350

510,065

17.6

Limpopo

121,729

0

121,729

13

121,742

4.2

Mpumalanga

150,502

0

150,502

76

150,578

5.2

North West

149,027

0

149,027

73

149,100

5.1

Northern Cape

89,938

0

89,938

260

90,198

3.1

Western Cape

508,302

0

508,302

298

508,600

17.6

Unknown

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

Total

2,894,342

0

2,894,342

1,634

2,895,976

100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n= 1 634) is lower than yesterday (n= 2 261) and lower than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n= 2 232). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 57 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

258

198,238

36,453

3,639

Public

409

229,130

55,807

3,579

TOTAL

667

427,368

92,260

7,218

VACCINE UPDATE

For updates on the national vaccine programme, click hereThank you for your interest and remember that adhering to preventative measures limits your risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19. For more information on COVID-19, click here.

Issued by Sinenhlanhla Jimoh, Senior Communications Manager, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, 25 September 2021