KwaZulu-Natal MEC for health Nomagugu Simelane has sounded alarm bells after a spike in Covid-19 cases in the province.
1,742 cases of Covid-19 were recorded between Saturday and Sunday, with the majority of new cases in“It is the first time in months that the number of new infections threatens to reach the 2,000 mark, and the latest figures have pushed the seven-day average from 414 to 1,171.”“Of the 437 people currently admitted in public and private hospitals for Covid-19, 47 are in ICU and nine on ventilators.
“In terms of our emergency early warning systems, a 10% increase in cases over a 7-day moving average will trigger an alert, while a 20% increase in cases over a 7-day moving average, which is what we’ve seen, may trigger resurgence.”