Today the institute reports 116 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,924,072. This increase represents a 0.7% positivity rate.As per the National Department of Health, a further 20 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to x to date.
18,740,830 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
PRIVATE | 10,100,643 | 53.9% | 10,049 | 60.8% |
PUBLIC | 8,640,187 | 46.1% | 6,468 | 39.2% |
Total | 18,740,830 | 16,517 |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (33%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal accounting for 20%. Western Cape accounted for 13%; Mpumalanga accounted for 8%; Eastern Cape accounted for 7%; Free State, Northern Cape and North West each accounted for 6% respectively; and Limpopo accounted for 2% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:
Province | Total cases for 07 Nov 2021 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 07 Nov 2021 | New cases on 08 Nov 2021 | Total cases for 08 Nov 2021 |
Eastern Cape | 292,491 | 0 | 292,491 | 8 | 292,499 |
Free State | 163,713 | 0 | 163,713 | 7 | 163,720 |
Gauteng | 920,068 | 0 | 920,068 | 38 | 920,106 |
KwaZulu-Natal | 515,945 | 0 | 515,945 | 23 | 515,968 |
Limpopo | 122,295 | 0 | 122,295 | 2 | 122,297 |
Mpumalanga | 152,140 | 0 | 152,140 | 9 | 152,149 |
North West | 150,747 | 1 | 150,748 | 7 | 150,755 |
Northern Cape | 92,615 | -1 | 92,614 | 7 | 92,621 |
Western Cape | 513,942 | 0 | 513,942 | 15 | 513,957 |
Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2,923,956 | 0 | 2,923,956 | 116 | 2,924,072 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCEThe total number of cases today (n= 116) is lower than yesterday (n=205) and lower than the average number of cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n= 264).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 16 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 | 200,940 | 37,171 | 2,258 |
Public | 408 | 234,706 | 57,039 | 1,482 |
TOTAL | 666 | 435,646 | 94,210 | 3,740 |
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