'We have entered the fifth wave in most provinces,' said health minster Joe Phaahla.
Health minister Joe Phaahla said the sharp increase in Covid-19 cases is being seen nationwide but Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape are worst hit. Stock photo.Most provinces have possibly entered the Covid-19 fifth wave, which appears to have arrived earlier than predicted.last week after a rise in daily infections took a “sharper uptick” and a very “low uptake” of vaccination.
“The question at the top of our minds is whether we have entered the fifth wave, which is much earlier than predicted,” he said. “The next seven days until May 6 will give a clearer picture where we are going, whether the fifth wave started earlier without a distinct new variant but driven by sub-variants or it is an early spike driven by the Easter weekend,” he said.
“Prof Abdool Karim, in his weekly analysis published every Tuesday, argues that from a technical definition of 75 cases/100,000 population daily, we have entered the fifth wave in most provinces,” said Phaahla.
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