The NICD reports 245 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,924,317. This increase represents a 0.9% positivity rate.As per the National Department of Health, a further 35 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89,387 to date.
18,768,665 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
PRIVATE | 10,116,256 | 53.9% | 15,613 | 56.1% |
PUBLIC | 8,652,409 | 46.1% | 12,222 | 43.9% |
Total | 18,768,665 | 27,835 |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (35%), followed by Western Cape accounting for 16%. KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 15%; Free State accounted for 13%; Mpumalanga accounted for 6%; Northern Cape accounted for 5%; North West accounted for 4%; and Eastern Cape and Limpopo each accounted for 3% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:
Province | Total cases for 08 Nov 2021 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 08 Nov 2021 | New cases on 09 Nov 2021 | Total cases for 09 Nov 2021 |
Eastern Cape | 292,499 | 0 | 292,499 | 8 | 292,507 |
Free State | 163,720 | 0 | 163,720 | 33 | 163,753 |
Gauteng | 920,106 | 0 | 920,106 | 85 | 920,191 |
KwaZulu-Natal | 515,968 | 0 | 515,968 | 37 | 516,005 |
Limpopo | 122,297 | 0 | 122,297 | 7 | 122,304 |
Mpumalanga | 152,149 | 0 | 152,149 | 14 | 152,163 |
North West | 150,755 | 0 | 150,755 | 10 | 150,765 |
Northern Cape | 92,621 | 0 | 92,621 | 13 | 92,634 |
Western Cape | 513,957 | 0 | 513,957 | 38 | 513,995 |
Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2,924,072 | 0 | 2,924,072 | 245 | 2,924,317 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCEThe total number of cases today (n= 245) is higher than yesterday (n= 116) and lower than the average number of cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n= 275).
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 34 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 | 200,968 | 37,173 | 2,244 |
Public | 408 | 234,825 | 57,058 | 1,491 |
TOTAL | 666 | 435,793 | 94,231 | 3,735 |
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