During a briefing on Friday morning, Health Minister Joe Phaahla said there had been a continuous rise in infections over the past two weeks, with new cases clustered in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. These three provinces accounted for around 85% of all new cases.
However, the authorities remain uncertain if the spike in Covid-19 numbers is the start of the fifth wave or simply a resurgence caused by increased travel during the Easter long weekend and other religious holidays. While no new variant has been identified, the Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa has identified two new lineages of the Omicron variant. These have started to dominate tests over the last two weeks, said the network's Dr Richard Lessells.
However, the country is yet to breach 30% of the cases recorded in the previous peak, which is why the authorities are hesitant to say the surge in case numbers is the start of a new wave.
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