This report is based on data collected up to 11 March 2023 (week 10 of 2023).

Key highlights:

• As of 11 March 2023, a total of 4 068 224 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases had been detected in South Africa. Of these, 2 481 were cases reported since the last report (week 9 of 2023). There was a 1.4% increase in the number of new cases detected in week 10 of 2023 (2 355) compared to the number of new cases detected in week 9 of 2023 (2 323).
• In the past week, Western Cape Province reported the highest weekly incidence risk (8.3 cases per 100 000 persons), followed by Gauteng Province (7.8 cases per 100 000 persons). The other provinces reported weekly incidences below 2.0 cases per 100 000 persons.
• In the past week, four provinces reported an increase in weekly incidence risk ranging from 0.1 cases per 100 000 persons (27.8%) in Limpopo to 1.7 cases per 100 000 persons (28.2%) in Gauteng. Four provinces reported a decrease ranging from 0.5 cases per 100 000 persons (9.8%) in Northern Cape to 3.2 cases per 100 000 persons (27.6%) in Western Cape. Mpumalanga reported no change.

COVID-19 WEEKLY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL BRIEF WEEK 10 (2023)