LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (3 September 2021)

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues the monitoring and surveillance of COVID-19 in order to inform the public health response.

Today the institute reports 9,199 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,805,604. This increase represents a 15.1% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 247 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 83,161 to date. 16,654,409 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector Total tested New tested
Private 9,061,574 54% 24,345 40%
Public 7,592,835 46% 36,597 60%
Total 16,654,409 60,942

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal (26%), followed by Western Cape (21%). Eastern Cape accounted for 20%; Free State, Gauteng Province and Northern Cape each accounted for 7% respectively; Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 5% respectively; and Limpopo Province 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 02 Sep 2021 Adjusted numbers after harmonisation Updated total cases on

02 Sep 2021

New cases on 03 Sep 2021 Total cases for 03 Sep 2021 Percentage total
Eastern Cape 271,923 -1 271,922 1,872 273,794 9,8
Free State 150,451 0 150,451 634 151,085 5,4
Gauteng 906,988 -4 906,984 679 907,663 32,4
KwaZulu-Natal 485,328 0 485,328 2,425 487,753 17,4
Limpopo 120,268 0 120,268 143 120,411 4,3
Mpumalanga 145,622 1 145,623 482 146,105 5,2
North West 144,117 3 144,120 466 144,586 5,2
Northern Cape 82,674 1 82,675 607 83,282 3,0
Western Cape 489,034 0 489,034 1,891 490,925 17,5
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0,0
Total 2,796,405 0 2,796,405 9,199 2,805,604 100,0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n=9 199) is lower than yesterday (n=9 203) and higher than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n=8 370). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 383 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 255 192,737 35,158 5,692
Public 409 219,736 53,400 6,471
TOTAL 664 412,473 88,558 12,163

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

Thank 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.

Kind regards,
Sinenhlanhla Jimoh, Senior Communications Manager
National Institute for Communicable Diseases

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