Cape Town - More than 1600 people have now recovered from the Covid-19 in the Western Cape, the provincial government said on Saturday.
The province said 1607 people had now recovered from the province’s 4916 confirmed cases. The province said it now had 3309 active cases, as well as 95 virus related deaths after 7 people died as of Saturday.
The province has conducted over 57 000 tests since March, with over 7500 tests in the last 48 hours.
There were also 167 people in hospital, of which, 62 were in ICU.
Sub Districts Cape Town Metro:
Sub-district
Cases
Western
654
Southern
458
Northern
312
Tygerberg
874
Eastern
523
Klipfontein
518
Mitchells Plain
404
Khayelitsha
632
Total
4375
Sub Districts Non-Metro:
District
Sub-district
Cases
Garden Route
Bitou
5
Garden Route
Knysna
15
Garden Route
George
15
Garden Route
Hessequa
9
Garden Route
Mossel Bay
19
Garden Route
Oudtshoorn
3
Cape Winelands
Stellenbosch
25
Cape Winelands
Drakenstein
39
Cape Winelands
Breede Valley
33
Cape Winelands
Langeberg
3
Cape Winelands
Witzenberg
161
Overberg
Overstrand
15
Overberg
Cape Agulhas
2
Overberg
Swellendam
6
Overberg
Theewaterskloof
3
West Coast
Bergrivier
5
West Coast
Matzikama
1
West Coast
Saldanha Bay
5
West Coast
Swartland
15
Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo said they met with public health experts along with Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Saturday, who expressed satisfaction about the province’s Covid-19 plans.
“The Western Cape is in a new phase of this pandemic, but we are not exceptional in South Africa or even globally: every single province of the country will enter this phase with similar rates.
“This is the nature of a pandemic: the virus establishes itself in communities and it spreads exponentially,” said the provincial government.
“We also noted that our death rate measured as a percentage of known cases remained in line with international data on the transmission of the virus (around 1,8%). As there are more cases, so the number of deaths in line with this rate will increase. These are the same trends for the country too.
“In addition, we reflected on the comorbidities of patients who had died, and noted that those who have underlying health conditions, and those of an older age, are at the greatest risk. Minister Mkhize noted that these were similar trends in the rest of the country too”.