Latest Gauteng Covid-19 figures make no sense
13 November 2020
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.
This is clearly not possible and the real figures need to be clarified urgently.
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.
How could active cases have gone done so dramatically while hospital cases have apparently increased slightly?