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2,032 new Covid cases in SA – NICD

There has also been an increase of 40 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours

Latest confirmed cases of Covid-19 in SA

6 April 2022

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.

Today the institute reports 2,032 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,727,208. This increase represents an 8.6% 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 3 deaths and of these, 1 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 100,070 to date.

23,971,040 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector

Total tested

New tested

Private

13,034,745

54.4%

13,166

55.5%

Public

10,936,295

45.6%

10,565

44.5%

Total

23,971,040

100.0%

23,731

100.0%

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (40%), followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal (24%).  Western Cape accounted for 22%; Eastern Cape accounted for 5%; Free State, Mpumalanga, and North West each accounted for 2% respectively; Limpopo and Northern Cape each 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 05 April 2022

Adjusted numbers after harmonisation

Updated total cases on 05 April 2022

Incident infections for 06 April 2022

Possible reinfections for 06 April 2022

New cases on 06 April 2022

Total cases for 06 April 2022

Percentage total

Eastern Cape

345,446

1

345,447

92

19

111

345,558

9.3

Free State

202,559

0

202,559

36

5

41

202,600

5.4

Gauteng

1,211,785

1

1,211,786

701

107

808

1,212,594

32.5

KwaZulu-Natal

661,793

-3

661,790

425

59

484

662,274

17.8

Limpopo

155,904

0

155,904

28

1

29

155,933

4.2

Mpumalanga

193,435

0

193,435

39

5

44

193,479

5.2

North West

193,167

0

193,167

42

3

45

193,212

5.2

Northern Cape

108,969

0

108,969

22

0

22

108,991

2.9

Western Cape

652,119

0

652,119

374

74

448

652,567

17.5

Total

3,725,177

-1

3,725,176

1,759

273

2,032

3,727,208

100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (8.6%), and is higher than yesterday (6.2%) .The 7-day average is (6.2%) today, and is higher than yesterday (5.9%).

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 40 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

233,733

39,423

1,071

Public

407

279,371

62,202

1,112

TOTAL

666

513,104

101,625

2,183

VACCINE UPDATE
For updates on the national vaccine programme, click here.

Thank you for your interest and remember that adhering to the following preventative measures helps to limit your risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19:

Getting vaccinated for COVID-19

Wearing your mask properly to cover your nose

Opting to gather in ventilated spaces

Avoid unnecessary gatherings

Keeping a social distance of one meter or more

Washing your hands regularly in the day with soap and water

For more information on COVID-19, click here.

Issued by NICD, 6 April 2022