{"id":171972,"date":"2020-11-13T14:35:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T12:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/latest-gauteng-covid-19-figures-make-no-sense\/"},"modified":"2020-11-13T14:35:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T12:35:12","slug":"latest-gauteng-covid-19-figures-make-no-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/latest-gauteng-covid-19-figures-make-no-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Gauteng Covid-19 figures make no sense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/latest-gauteng-covid-19-figures-make-no-sense\/\">Latest Gauteng Covid-19 figures make no sense<\/a>: <input type=\"hidden\" class=\"simple-love-fix\" data-id=\"2347\" value=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dear Johannesburg<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest figures released by the National Health Department there are now 1384 active COVID-19 cases in Gauteng, but according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) there are 1781 COVID-19 patients in Gauteng hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>This is clearly not possible and the real figures need to be clarified urgently.<\/p>\n<p>The Gauteng Health Department last reported on 4 November that there were 229 490 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 209 243 recoveries, 1730 patients in hospital and 4845 deaths. This works out to 15 402 active cases at that date.<\/p>\n<p>How could active cases have gone done so dramatically while hospital cases have apparently increased slightly?<\/p>\n<p>The NICD figures are taken from 128 health facilities in Gauteng, and record 349 COVID-19 cases in Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital alone.<\/p>\n<p>Anecdotally I have not heard such high figures from hospitals, but the estimated total number of active cases seems far too low as well.<\/p>\n<p>It is vitally important that we have accurate figures so that we can track this epidemic and intervene rapidly at hotspots.<\/p>\n<p>Regards<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jack Bloom MPL<\/strong><br \/> <em>DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Health<\/em><\/p>\n<p><small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/latest-gauteng-covid-19-figures-make-no-sense\/\">MyJHB<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MyJHB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join the fun:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/add-your-event\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Add Your event<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mypr.co.za\/submit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submit a Press Release<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/directory\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Add your listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest Gauteng Covid-19 figures make no sense: Dear Johannesburg According to the latest figures released by the National Health Department there are now 1384 active COVID-19 cases in Gauteng, but according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) there are 1781 COVID-19 patients in Gauteng hospitals. 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