The Western Cape Health Department says data shows that up to 90% of the province’s adult population already had protection against Covid-19 before the onset of the fourth wave.
Head of Health, Dr. Keith Cloete says sero-prevalence data shows a large majority of adults have had Covid-19 anti-bodies present in their blood.
Cloete says this may explain the low levels of hospitalizations and deaths, seen in the current wave of the pandemic.
Access the latest Western Cape Covid-19 digital conference here.
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Covid-19 dashboard update for 13 January 2022📢
To get more information, you can visit our dashboard on https://t.co/bLHGiWBdzg pic.twitter.com/fnrcTSAOFf
— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) January 13, 2022
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
The Western Cape Health Department says fully vaccinated people are four times less likely to die from Covid-19 complications than those who are not vaccinated.
The Department once again, over the weekend, encouraged residents over the age of 50 to get their injection as soon as possible.
According to the province’s Head of Health, Dr. Keith Cloete getting at least one dose of a two-dose Covid-19 vaccine, will provide protection against serious illness, hospitalization or death.
He says that fully vaccinated people enjoy the best protection.
Access the latest Western Cape Covid-19 digital conference here.
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1/2 Western Cape health data from the third wave reveals that residents in the 50+ bracket were 7.5 times more likely to die of COVID-19 than younger age groups. It also shows that that fully vaccinated people were 4.3 times less likely to die than unvaccinated people. pic.twitter.com/Hpze4rJjjT
— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) October 8, 2021
[LIVE NOW] Western Cape Head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete is now giving his presentation on my weekly Digicon. Please join us here: https://t.co/IJaDjKjnlD
— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) October 7, 2021
