Thread by @rid1tweets

[Thread] One more, hopefully last, update of latest #COVID19 indicators for Omicron BA.4 & BA.5 -driven #5thWave in Gauteng, South Africa 🇿🇦

TL;DR :
- Cases declining 📉
- Test % positivity declining 📉
- Hospitalisations peaked 🙌
- Deaths low and slowing 🤞

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With new #COVID19 cases in Gauteng🇿🇦 having peaked recently, promisingly cases didn't plateau but well on the decline now 📉

Current 7-day rolling avg at 1,609 or 10.2 per 100k, down 39% week-on-week and already down to 51% of recent peak 👍

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Latest #COVID19 test % positivity in Gauteng🇿🇦 for week ending 21 May = 19.6% 📉

Testing has remained low, understandably, so test % positivity is naturally higher but after peaking it has continued to decline, confirming the decline in infections 👍

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Promisingly, after a lag, hospital admissions in Gauteng🇿🇦 peaked over the past week 🙌

Case hospitalisation ratio has been similar to Omicron BA.1 wave, but with reduced testing cases are underestimated

Hospital admissions peaked at ~35% of previous Omicron BA.1 wave 📉

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Reported #COVID19 deaths in Gauteng 🇿🇦 are still increasing, as expected due to the lag, but the rate of increase has slowed 🤞

Further, deaths have remained significantly lower than that previous waves 🙏

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Again, trends in this BA.4 & BA.5 driven #5thWave of #COVID19 infections in Gauteng province, South Africa🇿🇦 have continued as expected: A less severe wave with significantly fewer hospitalisations and deaths due to high levels of population immunity 💪

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