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South Africa: Premier Alan Winde on Coronavirus

The Western Cape has 3391 active COVID-19 infections with a total of 118 450 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 110 644 recoveries.

 

Total confirmed COVID-19 cases 118 184
Total recoveries 110 644
Total deaths 4415
Total active cases (currently infected patients) 3391
Tests conducted 700 684
Hospitalisations 624 of which121 are in ICU or high care

 

Cape Metro Sub-districts:

 

Sub-district Cases Recoveries
Western 10 960 10 225
Southern 10 672 9949
Northern 7302 6895
Tygerberg 13995 13 285
Eastern 11 118 10 398
Klipfontein 9706 9009
Mitchells Plain 9269 8732
Khayelitsha 8581 8063
Total 81 603 76 556

 

Sub-districts:

 

 District  Sub-district Cases Recoveries
Garden Route Bitou 784 685
Garden Route Knysna 1735 1578
Garden Route George 4215 3744
Garden Route Hessequa 382 350
Garden Route Kannaland 148 144
Garden Route Mossel Bay 2632 2481
Garden Route Oudsthoorn 1637 1493
Cape Winelands Stellenbosch 2262 2128
Cape Winelands Drakenstein 4625 4386
Cape Winelands Breede Valley 3597 3406
Cape Winelands Langeberg 1210 1150
Cape Winelands Witzenberg 1702 1597
Overberg Overstrand 1770 1689
Overberg Cape Agulhas 352 320
Overberg Swellendam 376 351
Overberg Theewaterskloof 1264 1189
West Coast Bergrivier 529 490
West Coast Cederberg 182 172
West Coast Matzikama 766 665
West Coast Saldanha Bay Municipality 1521 1450
West Coast Swartland 1756 1638
Central Karoo Beaufort West 859 800
Central Karoo Laingsburg 142 135
Central Karoo Prince Albert 36 34

 

Unallocated: 2365 (2013 recovered)

Data note: It is not always possible to check and verify that the address data supplied for each new recorded case is correct, within the time frames required to provide regular and timely updates. This means that in some instances, cases could be allocated to the wrong sub-districts. We are working with the sub-districts to clean and verify the data and where errors are picked up locally, cases will be re-allocated to the correct areas.

The Western Cape has recorded 12 additional deaths, bringing the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in the province to 4415. We send our condolences to their loved ones at this time.

Safety cabinet meets:

Last month, we took the decision to allocate one cabinet meeting each month to focus on each of the key areas of jobs, safety and dignity and well-being. Our extended cabinet meetings include representatives from the district municipalities, the City of Cape Town, SAPS and law enforcement, and the new system allows us to receive full, regular reports on each of these areas with inputs from important role players.

We held the first of these cabinet meetings focused on safety, where we received safety reports from each of the hotspot leads. We continue to use the hotspot management system we developed to monitor, track and report on COVID-19, to report on the three key recovery areas. The reports provided an overview of some of the issues being faced in the hostpot areas, and compiled key data which will inform our interventions.

The safety focus of our recovery plan will be spearheaded by the HODs of Community Safety and Health- using the Cardiff Model. The Cardiff Model is a violence prevention strategy which focuses on sharing information between Health, police and local government. This system, when used in Wales, led to adjusted violence prevention strategies and interventions, which resulted in a significant reduction in violent injuries.

During cabinet briefing, members of SAPS also gave a report back on their management of certain crime-related issues in the Western Cape, including on issues of extortion. This is a serious issue which is impacting many law-abiding citizens and we will continue to engage the police on their operations in this regard. We also once again call on Minister of Police, Bheki Cele to urgently convene the Transversal Steering Committee on Organised Crime and Extortion which was specifically devised to address these issues in the Western Cape, and which has not yet met.

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