[Thread] Joe Phaahla: 1. Despite the downward trend in #COVID19SA cases, SA is still in its third wave. It's like a relay race: as cases in 1 province goes down, cases in another province take over.
2. Joe Phaahla: Cases in Gauteng are clearly down, but cases in the Western Cape have now taken over: over the last 7 days, the WC has taken the lead with the most new daily #COVID19 infections, active cases and hospitalisations.
3. Joe Phaahla: Nationally, SA's active #COVID19 cases have decreased by 7% over the past week and hospital admissions by 4.4%, so there is a little bit of relief on hospitals.
4. Joe Phaahla: The positivity rate (the proportion of tests coming out +) for #COVID19 tests has decreased from 35% in mid-Jul to between 19 and 20%, but we are not yet stable: yesterday (Thursday), the rate was 23%.
5. Joe Phaahla: @healthza believes SA should continue to stay at adjusted level 3 lockdown because we are not yet out of the woods with the third wave.
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