The Western Cape Health Department says evidence, from the fourth wave, again shows that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is less cumbersome than previous variants.
Head of Health, Dr. Keith Cloete says previous Covid-19 infection and vaccination may have lead to the lower incidence of deaths and severe disease in the fourth wave.
Cloete says risk for hospital admission, when infected with Omicron, had dropped by 1.4%, when compared to Delta-infection.
Access the latest Western Cape Covid-19 digital conference here.
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1/6 At my Digital Press Conference today we stated that during the fourth wave, we have seen a growing gap or “decoupling” between the high number of cases, and relatively low number of admissions and deaths compared to previous waves. pic.twitter.com/js1LzkVKBS
— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) January 13, 2022
Covid-19 dashboard update for 13 January 2022📢
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— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) January 13, 2022
