Over 4500 new Covid-19 cases confirmed
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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) had confirm a little over 4500 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours.
“4,514 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,590,399” they said.
“Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. Today, the NDoH reports 94 deaths and of these, 20 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 94,491 to date” they added.
| Province | Total cases for 25 January 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 25 January 2022 | New cases on 26 January 2022 | Total cases for26 January 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 340,080 | 9 | 340,089 | 214 | 340,303 | 9.5 |
| Free State | 195,611 | 1 | 195,612 | 254 | 195,866 | 5.5 |
| Gauteng | 1,162,132 | 3 | 1,162,135 | 1,376 | 1,163,511 | 32.4 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 640,347 | -29 | 640,318 | 567 | 640,885 | 17.8 |
| Limpopo | 148,560 | 2 | 148,562 | 472 | 149,034 | 4.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 182,807 | 2 | 182,809 | 490 | 183,299 | 5.1 |
| North West | 184,612 | 1 | 184,613 | 388 | 185,001 | 5.2 |
| Northern Cape | 106,545 | 0 | 106,545 | 108 | 106,653 | 3.0 |
| Western Cape | 625,194 | 8 | 625,202 | 645 | 625,847 | 17.4 |
| Total | 3,585,888 | -3 | 3,585,885 | 4,514 | 3,590,399 | 100.0 |
