ICYMI: After steadily trailing behind KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, the Western Cape has surpassed these provinces and is reporting the lion’s share of daily new Covid-19 infections. ThirdWave Covid19 Coronavirus
A look at the provincial coronavirus dashboard as of this morning.
Consultant virologist at UCT and Groote Schuur Complex of the National Health Laboratory Service, Dr Marvin Hsiao, said the epicentre was informally decided - not using any sort of scientifically pre-agreed upon criteria - due to the province/region currently seeing the highest number of cases nationally, as cases in Gauteng started to decline.
Western Cape Health Department head Dr Keith Cloete said: “The natural progression of Covid-19 is that different provinces move through their respective waves in different time-frames, as was the case in the first and second wave.
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