{"id":173109,"date":"2020-11-24T18:46:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T16:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/gauteng-cant-fight-covid-19-with-fake-figures\/"},"modified":"2020-11-24T18:46:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T16:46:29","slug":"gauteng-cant-fight-covid-19-with-fake-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/gauteng-cant-fight-covid-19-with-fake-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Gauteng can\u2019t fight Covid-19 with fake figures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/gauteng-cant-fight-covid-19-with-fake-figures\/\">Gauteng can\u2019t fight Covid-19 with fake figures<\/a>: <input type=\"hidden\" class=\"simple-love-fix\" data-id=\"2460\" value=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dear Johannesburg<\/p>\n<p>Gauteng\u2019s officially recorded COVID-19 figures are becoming more and more ludicrous, providing little guidance in tracking the epidemic to prevent hotspots developing further.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest figures from the National Health Department, there are only 283 active cases in Gauteng, the lowest in the country despite having the highest population.<\/p>\n<p>It is simply not possible to have so few active cases when there have been 1887 new COVID-19 cases recorded in the last ten days.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, there are 1624 COVID-19 patients in Gauteng hospitals according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD).<\/p>\n<p>The Gauteng Health Department used to give a daily breakdown of cases by district, but has not given any update since 4 November 2020.<\/p>\n<p>It is essential that accurate figures are available for the districts so that any spike in cases can be combatted quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Health MEC Jacob Mamabolo needs to act urgently to ensure that real infection statistics are available and monitored closely to manage this epidemic properly.<\/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\/gauteng-cant-fight-covid-19-with-fake-figures\/\">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>Gauteng can\u2019t fight Covid-19 with fake figures: Dear Johannesburg Gauteng\u2019s officially recorded COVID-19 figures are becoming more and more ludicrous, providing little guidance in tracking the epidemic to prevent hotspots developing further. 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