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Concerns are mounting that South Africa could soon be in the midst of the fifth wave of COVID19 infections, possibly driven by new sub-variants of Omicron.

, which represents a 19.3 percent test positivity rate, meaning the spread of the virus is no longer under control.

Mashabela says, “We knew then that we are going to start to see cases rise because usually that form of surveillance is sort of a leading detector of cases that might begin to increase, so since then, I mean this week we’ve really seen a rapid doubling of cases, doubling of positivity rate. We’ve seen also now cases that are becoming a little bit more severe being admitted in hospital in the last day or so. Hospitalisation is also beginning to spike.

Deputy General for the Department of Health Dr Nicholas Crisp says there is also a noticeable increase in the number of people being hospitalised with COVID-19, majority of which are unvaccinated.

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