| National COVID-19 daily report |
Daily |
Changes in number of tests and distribution of cases reported in the past 24 hours, 7-day moving average and cumulative numbers by province |
| Weekly COVID-19 epidemiologic brief |
Weekly |
National and provincial trends of COVID-19 cases of all ages in SA by age group, type of health sector and sex |
| COVID-19 in children surveillance report |
Initially bi-weekly. Moved to quarterly in 2021 |
Epidemiological characteristics of individuals aged ≤19 years with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 who were notified through the national notification system in SA, and the individuals aged ≤19 years hospitalised for COVID-19-related illness at sentinel hospitals in SA |
| Weekly COVID-19 testing summary report |
Weekly |
Weekly COVID-19 testing volumes, positive tests and proportion testing positive by province, district and subdistrict. Report also includes age and sex distributions and laboratory turn-around times |
| Weekly COVID-19 hospital surveillance (DATCOV) report |
Initially weekly publication, moved to bi-weekly towards the end of 2020 |
Epidemiologic and geographic trends of COVID-19 admissions and in-hospital deaths |
| The daily COVID-19 effective reproductive number (R) in SA |
Approximately monthly |
Trends in estimated effective reproductive number by week and province using data on numbers of cases, hospitalisations and deaths |
| SACMC Epidemic Explorer national and provincial reports |
Three times a week |
Analysis of resurgence risk, presenting metrics to prepare for future outbreaks, and monitoring COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths at a provincial, district and subdistrict level |
