Affluent Cape Town neighbourhoods sees a rise in Covid-19 infections

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Covid-19, Third wave, Western Cape, Cape Town, Dr. Keith Cloete

The Western Cape Head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete says it is especially people in affluent neighborhoods of the Mother City who have contracted Covid-19 over the past 2 weeks.

Cloete says this has led to the significant increase in infections in the Cape Town Metro.

Cloete says the province is now on the verge of its third wave of Covid-19, with another significant increase in infections expected this week.

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