Thread by @miamalan

[Thread] 1. How many hospitals in SA report on #COVID19 hospital admissions?

666 (408 = public sector, 258 = private sector, see the provincial breakdown on the table below)

Source: Waasila Jasat, @nicd_sa

2. Here is how admissions have changed in provinces over the last 28 days. See how admissions have increased by 169,02% in Gauteng (where the #Omicron variant outbreaks started).

3. There have been sharp week on week increases in hospital admissions in Tshwane (where #Omicron was 1st detected in Gauteng). No increases in deaths have yet been seen (but deaths always lag a few weeks behind admissions).

4. Increases in #COVID19 hospital admissions are now starting to spill over to other districts in Gauteng. But early signs are that there is no increase in the severity of disease in patients due to the #Omicron variant.

5. The Tshwane metro has seen an increase in the number of children between 0-2 being admitted to hospital because of #COVID19.

6. Most severe #COVID19 cases in the Tshwane metro are in the 60-69 age groups - it's the same with other variants.

9. Most people in Gauteng who get admitted to hospital because of #COVID19 are unvaccinated.