Winde earlier this morning, during the weekly online digicon, said all indications are there that the Western Cape is in the early stages of a third wave.
In less than 3 weeks, there was a 60% increase in active Covid-19 cases, from about 3-thousand to more than 5 800 active cases.
In the past 7 days, there has been an increase in new cases of more than 34%.
Winde says hospital admissions have also increased.