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Western Cape Health Chief Dr. Keith Cloete said cases in the Cape metro continued to rise and said there were similar signs in the Cape Winelands.
FILE: A healthcare worker organizes newly administered COVID-19 tests at the United Memorial Medical Center’s COVID-19 testing site in Houston, Texas, Thursday, June 25, 2020. Image: AFP.
CAPE TOWN – Western Cape Health Chief Dr. Keith Cloete said there appeared to be early signs of leveling off of COVID-19 infections on the Garden Route, but cautioned it was the early days.
Cases in Cape Metro continue to rise and Cloete said there were similar signs in Cape Winelands.
“It looks like we’re seeing a leveling off right at the top and it may be the first few days for us to make that decision, but it appears to be a leveling off of the increases on the Garden Route. What we are seeing is that there has almost been a delay of two to three weeks on the tube, which is still on that very steep incline and now we are seeing in time that Cape Winelands is starting to follow. “
Cloete said that while early signs were positive on the Garden Route at this stage, if people did not behave, this could change.
“Although we are saying there is early leveling because that’s the data, if you go to the website, you will start to notice that the percentage of increase day by day is increasing on the Garden Route and that just means that a very high base is off, but any superpreader event, any new intro can blow that up again. “
On Wednesday, Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize confirmed that South Africa was officially experiencing a second wave, with the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng being the main drivers of the virus.
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