Number of Covid-19 cases steadily increasing, people are still dying

Is South Africa in the eye of the Covid storm with a new wave of the pandemic looming as infections rise? While nonpharmacological interventions – wearing of masks and social distancing – have largely disappeared, leading scientists yesterday warned against a deceptive public sentiment and optimism that the Covid pandemic, which has killed more than 6.5 million people globally, is over. People are getting infected in growing numbers and the disease is still killing, with at least 86 deaths since the beginning of September. As the national department of health described infection statistics as “very low”, the latest report from...