LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (30 August 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 5,644 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,770,575. This increase represents a 17.6% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 235 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 81,830 to date.

16,426,011 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector Total tested New tested
Private 8,965,067 55% 11,252 35%
Public 7,460,944 45% 20,788 65%
Total 16,426,011 32,040

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal (35%), followed by Western Cape and Eastern Cape (16%) each. Free State accounted for 10%; Northern Cape accounted for 7%; Gauteng Province and Mpumalanga accounted for 6% each; North West accounted for 3%; and Limpopo Province accounted for 1% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province Total cases for 29 Aug 2021 Adjusted numbers after harmonisation Updated total cases on

29 Aug 2021

New cases on 30 Aug 2021 Total cases for 30 Aug 2021 Percentage total
Eastern Cape 266,349 0 266,349 931 267,280 9.6
Free State 147,421 0 147,421 552 147,973 5.3
Gauteng 904,590 6 904,596 343 904,939 32.7
KwaZulu-Natal 476,193 0 476,193 1,982 478,175 17.3
Limpopo 119,719 5 119,724 44 119,768 4.3
Mpumalanga 144,084 3 144,087 327 144,414 5.2
North West 142,850 -16 142,834 170 143,004 5.2
Northern Cape 80,666 0 80,666 392 81,058 2.9
Western Cape 483,059 2 483,061 903 483,964 17.5
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Total 2,764,931 0 2,764,931 5,644 2,770,575 100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n= 5 644) is lower than yesterday (n= 7 740) and lower than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n= 10 281). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 291 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 255 191,016 34,808 5,994
Public 409 216,400 52,643 6,879
TOTAL 664 407,416 87,451 12,873

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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