News24 looks at the current state of the pandemic in South Africa, whether it may be as severe as previous waves, and when it may peak. | pejames
South Africa has seen a continued increase in Covid-19 infections, possibly linked to a fifth wave of infections.
Last Wednesday, Covid-19 infections in South Africa increased by 10 017 in one day - the first day since January that there has been more than 10 000 new infections.driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub-variantsIt was previously predicted the fifth wave would start in the winter months, sometime in May or June. News24 looked at the current state of the pandemic in South Africa, whether it may be as severe as previous waves, and when it may peak.
On 15 May, there were 4 344 new cases of Covid-19 in South Africa, while two new deaths were recorded. University of Johannesburg associate professor in the Department of Philosophy, and director of The Future of Health and Medicine project at the Institute for the Future of Knowledge, Benjamin Smart, previously told News24 given the trend of
University of Cape Town School of Public Health and family medicine director Professor Landon Myer said the country might see substantial numbers of new infections, but might not see the levels of hospitalisation it had seen with previous waves, as immunity due to vaccination and/or previous infections limited the disease caused by new variants.
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