Karim: SA sees slow and steady increase in COVID-19 numbers

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Professor Salim Abdool Karim named three provinces contributing to the overall increase of national cases.

There has been a 9% increase of COVID-19 infections across SA, and more than a 40% increase in the Western Cape, our health minister announced yesterday. The Western Cape is however disputing that increase. They say their increases over a 7-day rolling average are just over 13.6%. Professor Salim Abdool Karim spoke to Sally Burdett.

Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize said there's been a 42-percent rise in the province while Premier Alan Winde says it's less than 20-percent.The Western Cape says their increases over a seven-day rolling average are just over 13.6-percent.

 

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People are negligent forgetting the virus are still lurking around. We could go back to another lockdown. We need to change our behaviour Look at that school kids at a Capetown party almost. everyone got infected they go home and reinfected their families and it goes on and on

Eeeh Eeeh Eeeeh Karim please leave us alone we've lost enough jobs already

This is a GOOD thing. That’s how you develop herd immunity. Hospitals are coping, deaths are barely rising...what’s the problem?

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