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8 July 2020 Media Alert: Premier Winde to hold a digital press conference

8 July 2020

Tomorrow, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde will hold a digital press conference over Microsoft Teams which will provide an update on the province’s response over the first 100 days of the lockdown as well as more detail on our diabetes risk response.

Premier Winde will be joined by Health Minister Nomafrench Mbombo, Health HOD Keith Cloete and endocrinologist, Dr Joel Dave.

Date:  8 July 2020

Time:  12 pm

Digital platform: Microsoft Teams

Please confirm your attendance by 9 am tomorrow and provide your name, surname, the name of your publication and your email address to be added to Microsoft Teams.  We will provide you with a meeting invite to the briefing, upon your confirmation. Only those who have confirmed attendance will be admitted.

8 July 2020 Media Release: Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has tested positive for Covid-19, has mildflu-like symptoms, and is in self-isolation at home


8 July 2020

I received a positive test result for Covid-19 this morning, and I am in self-isolation at home for 14 days.

On Sunday, I started to develop mild flu-like symptoms. As I am Diabetic (type 2) and over 55 years of age, I know I am at a higher risk of developing a more serious illness. I, therefore, went to be tested to determine the cause of the symptoms on Monday.

I have stayed at home as soon as I started feeling sick and can confirm that I am only experiencing mild symptoms. It feels like I have a cold.

However, given my risk category I will be carefully monitoring my health to make sure that any change is picked up quickly.

I will still be taking all meetings to coordinate our Covid-19 response in the Western Cape. The Western Cape has been working around the clock to ready our healthcare system for the increase in cases expected over this time, and we will not let our foot off the pedal. The fight continues.

Based on medical advice, I am also contacting my previous contacts from three days prior to my first symptoms. This is an important responsibility that we must all undertake when we test positive. ‘Close contacts’ must self-quarantine. This means that you must stay at home and not come into contact with other people.

Tomorrow, I will host my weekly Digital Press Conference (“DigiCon”) and will be available to answer more questions from members of the press. You can also watch this live on my social media channels. I will also use the opportunity to share medical expertise on Diabetes as a high-risk category during Covid-19. As I am Diabetic, this is something very close to my heart.

I also look forward to meeting with President Ramaphosa online during the scheduled President’s Coordinating Council meeting on Thursday afternoon, and will be chairing our second cabinet meeting of the week on Friday morning, which takes place on MS Teams.

My message to the people of the Western Cape at this time is to take Covid-19 seriously. Anyone can get it. So, please keep yourself safe, and your loved ones safe. Follow the 5 golden rules at all times, including wearing a cloth mask, cleaning surfaces regularly and washing or sanitizing your hands often. And, please be kind, and compassionate at all times.

To those residents who have also tested positive for Covid-19, I wish you strength and speedy recovery. This is a difficult time for all of you and your families, and I want you to know that the Western Cape Government is doing everything it can to make sure we beat this pandemic.

7 July 2020 Media Release: Update on the coronavirus by Premier Alan Winde

Media Release: Update on the coronavirus by Premier Alan Winde

For Immediate Release
7 July 2020

Total confirmed Covid-19 cases 71 272
Total recoveries 52 175
Total deaths 2 139
Total active cases (currently infected patients) 16 958
Tests conducted 331 377
Hospitalisations 1 735 with 315 in ICU or high care
Municipality Cases Recoveries
City of Cape Town  52 085  40 811
Cape Winelands District Municipality  7 511  5 159
Central Karoo District Municipality  54  15
Garden Route District Municipality 1 984 761
Overberg District Municipality  1 602  886
West Coast District Municipality  1 866 1 211
Unallocated  6 170 3 332
Total 71 272 52 175

 Sub Districts Cape Town Metro:

Sub-districts Cases Recoveries
Western  6 030  4 646
Southern  6 305  4 835
Klipfontein  6 976  5 370
Mitchells Plain  5 840  4 564
Tygerberg  9 077  7 149
Khayelitsha 6 982  5 862
Eastern 6 618 4 992
Northern 4 257 3 393

Sub Districts Non-Metro:

Municipality Cases Recoveries
City of Cape Town 52 085 40 811
Cape Winelands District Municipality 7 511 5 159
Breede Valley 1 903 1 215
Drakenstein 2 938 2 186
Langeberg 616 348
Stellenbosch 1 269 840
Witzenberg 785 570
Central Karoo District Municipality 54 15
Beaufort West 49 14
Laingsburg 5 1
Prince Albert 0 0
Garden Route District Municipality 1 984 761
Bitou 122 38
George 971 398
Hessequa 34 18
Kannaland 20 10
Knysna 296 128
Mossel Bay 387 129
Oudtshoorn 154 40
Overberg District Municipality 1 602 886
Cape Agulhas 71 37
Overstrand 846 477
Swellendam 105 39
Theewaterskloof 580 333
West Coast District Municipality 1 866 1 211
Bergriver 224 175
Cederberg 61 32
Matzikama 103 44
Saldanha Bay 771 499
Swartland 707 461
Unallocated 6 170 3 332

Data note:  As the province moves closer to the peak and the Department of Health is recording over 1000 new cases daily, it is not possible to check and verify that the address data supplied for each new 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.

More data is available here: https://coronavirus.westerncape.gov.za/covid-19-dashboard

The Western Cape has recorded an additional 40 deaths, bringing the total number of Covid-19 related deaths in the province to 2139. We send our condolences to their loved ones at this time.

Return to school:

Yesterday, Grades R, 6 and 11 returned to school in line with the national Department of Basic Education’s planning.

We understand that for many parents and learners, this is a daunting time and we understand that there is an element of fear and concern. The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has put in place a number of safety measures to ensure that learners are able to return as safely as possible and that teachers and school staff are safe.

The WCED has spent R450 million so far on cleaning materials, soaps, sanitizers and masks to prepare schools for the phased return of learners to schools, and developed a comprehensive set of guidelines including on how to manage positive cases at schools.

For many learners, the return to school creates a safe space. It also allows for learners to access the school feeding scheme which provides them with nutritious meals that they may not be able to access at home. Most importantly however, those who are most affected by the closure of schools are our poorer learners who may not have access to e-learning resources at homes and those who have parents working on the front line, who cannot home school their children at this time.

We encourage parents to have age-appropriate conversations with their children at this time, to understand their anxiety and to equip them with the knowledge and tools to keep themselves safe, both at the school and elsewhere outside of the home.

Those parents who have concerns about sending their child to school can apply for an exemption. This however requires parents to take responsibility to oversee their child’s learning at home and to collect and drop off the child’s work at the school. Application to do so can be done through the school.

Surface cleaning:

Coronavirus spreads through respiratory droplets. These droplets can be spread through sneezing and coughing, but also by touching our faces and then touching surfaces.

This is why it is important that we make a conscious effort to not touch our faces.

Regularly wash or sanitize our hands and clean surfaces which we touch regularly, in our homes and in workplaces.

Virus droplets can adhere to surfaces like door handles, light switches, counters, desks and basins.

It is therefore important that these surfaces are regularly cleaned, either with soap and water, or bleach and water to kill the virus droplets.

It is also important that we wash or sanitize our hands after touching surfaces in high traffic areas like on public transport or in public transport interchanges, supermarkets, elevator buttons, escalators, and shared spaces in offices and workplaces. Phones and electronic devices which we touch frequently should also be cleaned regularly.

Regular cleaning of surfaces becomes even more important when you are self-quarantining or self-isolating in a home that you share with other people. People who are Covid-19 positive, or experiencing symptoms should clean surfaces in shared areas like bathrooms and kitchens, as well as frequently touched surfaces in order to protect those living with them.

If this is not possible, quarantine and isolation facilities are available in the province, where those who are Covid-19 positive, or who need to quarantine, can safely and comfortably do so. These can be accessed by contacting our hotline on 021 928 4102.

6 July 2020 Media Release: Update on the coronavirus by Premier Alan Winde

Total confirmed Covid-19 cases 69 982
Total recoveries 50 271
Total deaths 2 099
Total active cases (currently infected patients) 17 612
Tests conducted 327 938
Hospitalisations 1 837 with 310  in ICU or high care

Unallocated: 10 842 (4 272 recovered)

Data note:  Due to a problem with the script on our data dashboard, new cases have not allocated to their respective sub-districts and have updated in the “unallocated” category. We have therefore not updated the sub-district data today. We are working to fix the problem and will update these statistics once the problem has been rectified.

As the province moves closer to the peak and the Department of Health is recording over 1000 new cases daily, it is not possible to check and verify that the address data supplied for each new 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.

More data is available here: https://coronavirus.westerncape.gov.za/covid-19-dashboard

The Western Cape has recorded an additional 47 deaths, bringing the total number of Covid-19 related deaths in the province to 2099. We send our condolences to their families and friends at this time.

ECDs:

We have noted the judgement in the North Gauteng High Court, ruling that private early childhood development centres and pre-schools may re-open.

This has been a matter of much concern for many parents in the Western Cape, who need a safe place for their children while they are at work.

While we await further directions from the national Department of Social Development, I call on all ECDs and pre-schools that do intend to open, to start putting all the measures in place for their safe re-opening. It is imperative that those facilities that do re-open take all possible measures to ensure that both children and staff are protected. These measures should include training for staff members, screening procedures for staff and children on arrival each day, hand washing and hygiene protocols, staggered arrival times for children, and age-appropriate education about Covid-19.

Forest Village Housing Development:

Since the end of May, 246 housing units have been handed over to beneficiaries in the Forest Village Housing Development in Eersteriver. A further 89 beneficiaries are expected to move into Forest Village later this week.

These handovers are an indication that government business and service delivery continues to go ahead during the Covid-19 pandemic. These homes not only provide safe and dignified living spaces for our residents but they also help in our fight against the pandemic, allowing people to better social distance, and improve access to hygiene facilities for handwashing and cleaning.

While housing has longer delivery lead-times, it still forms part of our hotspot strategy response as we de-densification of informal settlements can play an important role in stopping the spread. Covid-19 is going to be with us for a long time still, and we need to be taking a pro-active, all of government approach to minimising its impact.

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6 July 2020 Media Release: Re-Imagine Garden Route Think Tank

Media Release: Re-Imagine Garden Route Think Tank

For Immediate Release
06 July 2020

Update from the Garden Route Business Continuity Workstream – Re-Imagine the Garden Route

What do the names “Tomorrow Matters Now”, “FreedThinkers”, “Mindmill”, “Moxworld”, “Institute for Future’s Research”, and “Brilliance in Business” have in common? They, together with Vodacom, the FD Centre, and the African Crowd Funding Association, all form part of the “Re-Imagine Garden Route Think Tank”, recently formed to look at solutions and different ways to approach the rebuild and recovery of the Garden Route economy.

The people behind the names bring a wealth of experience and forward-thinking to the Garden Route, and willingly and freely sacrifice their time to collectively brainstorm the way forward district. The group is diverse in their fields of expertise and sector knowledge, and through that allows the natural synergy needed to think about the “Next Normal” after COVID-19. What makes it even more exciting is that three of the members are based overseas -Finland, Mexico, and Northern Ireland. The other members are based in the Western Cape, but they however have something else in common – they all love the Garden Route and would like to see it grow and prosper.

The Re-Imagine Garden Route Think Tank group, under the guidance of South Cape Economic Partnership (SCEP) and which forms part of the greater Garden Route Business and Economy Cluster under the Garden Route District Municipality (GRDM), identified the need and opportunity to introduce a first-ever and quite innovative WebiShop on 22 July 2020. The Webi-part will consist of a webinar in the morning (an online meeting or presentation held via the Internet in real-time, which connects individuals with viewers across the world), practically addressing several topics relevant to the re-imagining of the Garden Route, and in the afternoon the shop-part will consist of journey-mapping exercises with the three focus sectors namely Tourism, Agriculture and Construction.

It is envisaged that the first part will see invitations going out to all businesses and public sectors as an open invitation (hence the webinar), and the second part will see specific invitations to selected role-players in the abovementioned sectors, as this will be interactive workshop processes.

Themes for the webinar will include:

  • Keeping it tight – The Circular Economy model, concepts, and examples.
  • Design it right – Service design for the new normal.
  • Get Connected – Solutions for a Smart Region.
  • Funding for impact – Crowd funding as an alternative to conventional funding.
  • The Next Normal – Alternative business models.
  • What about the customer – Customer Experience Design – key pointers to keeping customers during the pandemic.
  • Flip-it – scenario planning concepts with a difference.

This WebiShop will be followed by a variety of sector workshops, webinars, training opportunities and sector experts and business mentors being deployed in the district to assist individual businesses.

6 July 2020 Media Release: Red Dot Taxi Service now serving the Garden Route

Media Release: Red Dot Taxi Service now serving the Garden Route

For Immediate Release
6 July 2020

The first Red Dot Taxi Service was rolled out to the Garden Route District in June 2020. The Service is a partnership between the minibus taxi industry and the Western Cape Government. Red Dot uses dedicated minibus taxis to provide critical transport services to COVID-19 positive people or those who were in close contact with a COVID-19 person who need transport to a quarantine and isolation facility. The service is called “Red Dot” because of easily recognisable red branding stickers on the vehicles.

One of the Red Dot Taxis leaving the George Hospital to drop off a patient.

Mr James Robb, Cluster lead for Transport at the Garden Route Command Centre and Manager: George Integrated Public Transport Network at Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works, said, “It is important for drivers to be protected while transporting people; hence the Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works installed a protective screen between drivers and patients.” The Department is responsible for implementing and monitoring the service, which consists of a fleet of dedicated minibuses. “Minibuses also have a tracker and hand sanitising dispenser installed along with guidance informing riders to wear face coverings throughout the journey,” said Robb.

According to Gerhard Otto, Chairperson for the GRDM Command Centre, “strict health and safety protocols are in place, including cleaning and sanitisation of vehicles after every trip, appropriate personal protective equipment, and a limit of 50% capacity”.

“The implementation of Red Dot in the District is further enabled by the Garden Route District Disaster Management Centre, which is providing a co-ordination function between stakeholders,” said Otto.

Umanyano Travel Services currently provides the service. The company is contracted by the Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works.  Umanyano, was formed by SANTACO Western Cape, which represents the minibus taxi industry in the Province.

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3 July 2020 Media Release: COVID-19 Business Safety: Compliance Complaint Form

Media Release: COVID-19 Business Safety: Compliance Complaint Form

For Immediate Release
3 July 2020

Businesses are expected to put measures in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and protect the health of the public and their employees.

If you notice that a company or business is not doing what they should be doing, please complete the form at this web address: https://coronavirus.westerncape.gov.za/covid-19-business-safety-complaint-form

The purpose of this complaint form is to notify the Western Cape government of a risk to public health. Submitting fake or fraudulent complaints will have a negative impact on our ability to help those who need it and on our ability to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Abusing this complaint form and spreading fake or fraudulent news is illegal and will result in serious action being taken against you. All personal information provided here will be kept confidential. Any information that is passed on to others to investigate your complaint will be kept anonymous. Western Cape Government will investigate each complaint and work to resolve your complaint as a matter of urgency. Those lodging complaints will only be contacted if necessary to acquire more information.

Those who would like to follow up on a complaint need to submit their query again using the same form.

3 July 2020 Media Release: More food items collected from the Western Cape Department of Social Development to help homeless shelters

Media Release: More food items collected from the Western Cape Department of Social Development to help homeless shelters

For Immediate Release
3 July 2020

More food items collected from the Western Cape Department of Social Development to help homeless shelters

Two Garden Route District Municipality (GRDM) officials, Ms Tippie Bouwer and Mr Wouter Jacobs, were tasked this week to collect food items from the Department of Social Development (DSD) in Cape Town. The items will be shared with temporary homeless shelters in the Garden Route District.

Items collected from DSD in Cape Town.

Executive Mayor of GRDM, Alderman Memory Booysen, once again welcomed the third donation of its kind and extended his appreciation and thanks to DSD for continuously assisting all municipal areas within the Garden Route with not only essential food items, but also psychosocial support. “As the rate of infections climb an all-government approach becomes more important and essential to successfully combating the pandemic,” said Booysen. The DSD offers an array of programmes that provides specialized psycho-social support. These programmes include, amongst other; care and support to families programme, the child care and protection programme, the victim empowerment programme, substance abuse programme, the disability programme, as well as in the current social relief of distress programme.

Mr Otto, GRDM Manager, Disaster Management and Chairperson of the Command Centre, acted swiftly after he was alerted about a that food at shelters might run out of food in the near future. According to Otto, “the items will be shared with homeless shelters along the Garden Route coastal towns”.

“This is the second time that the GRDM drove to Cape Town to collect food items to assist homeless community members,” said Otto. Food relief items include porridge, beef soup, chicken soup, juice, pasta, mince, chicken casserole and pilchards.

Currently, the number of homeless people sheltered in the region stands at 273 Hessequa stands at 19, Mossel Bay at 82, George at 55, Bitou at 40 and Oudtshoorn (including Kannaland) at 12.

Kitchens where food are prepared for the homeless continue to adhere to the Certificates of Acceptability issued by GRDM Environmental Health Practitioners. Visits by EHPs to the shelters also happen on a frequent basis.

2 July 2020 Statement by Premier Alan Winde at the weekly Covid-19 digital press conference 

2 July 2020

Latest epidemiological evidence: Western Cape peak likely to be flatter, later and longer

At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in the Western Cape, I made clear that our province’s Covid-19 response would be evidence-based and data-led.

In an unprecedented crisis of this magnitude it was critical that we consider potential scenarios, and that we provision for them so that every person can receive medical care should they need it.

In doing so, we have always opted for the most “pessimistic” outlook. A caring, responsible government needs to do this, so that we are never caught wanting. You plan for the worst but intervene to get the best possible outcome.

The Western Cape’s original provisioning scenario from end of April 2020

In April, I revealed our very first scenario planning projections to the public. These projections could not be based on real data in the province, as there simply wasn’t enough cases in the Western Cape and South Africa at the time. It therefore looked at international trends, our population size, and factored in reasonable epidemiological assumptions.

Once the number of cases climbed in the province, and we had more data available to us, we again looked at our provisioning scenarios and checked whether it was still reasonable to follow these original projections.

The National Covid-19 Epi-Model calibration using Western Cape data from end of May 2020

Because we wanted this to be as credible as possible, we partnered with two expert associations – the Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA), and the National Covid-19 Modelling Consortium and recalibrated the provisioning scenario using the new data available.

To recap, the National Covid-19 Epi-Model (NCEM) calibrated to the Western Cape data, projected at the end of May:

  • A peak towards the end of June, beginning of July 2020, that was notably steeper than our original provisioning scenario. This peak however was not as steep as the ASSA model.
  • As a result, there was a requirement of approximately 7800 beds at the peak of the pandemic. We had previously worked on a 6200-bed requirement.
  • Cumulative deaths of approximately 9300 people in the Western Cape (over the entire curve).

At the time, our original provisioning scenario was still tracking the number of deaths and hospitalisations reasonably accurately. But the new modelling projected that at a point in time the two scenarios would diverge – and the Western Cape could see a surge of hospitalisations and deaths in line with this steeper curve.

We have been tracking our daily deaths and hospitalisations – which remain the most robust measurements available to us – against this new provisioning scenario and we can confirm that the significant surge that was projected as a realistic possibility did not take place to the degree that was anticipated during June.

Our hospitalisations (both public and private) of patients with confirmed COVID-19 have been tracking around 1700-2000 patients consistently for the last two weeks, and the estimated number of deaths is tracking around 60-70 deaths a day, accounting for anticipated delays and under-reporting.

We cannot be certain, because the Covid-19 pandemic is unprecedented

At this point, I need to make an important point about “modelling”. During a novel Covid-19 pandemic, it is not a perfect science.

Models are projections, using available data and based on assumptions. They help us explore what might transpire, but the outputs should be treated with caution and full understanding of the inherent assumptions, limitations and uncertainty.

It is very important to remember that Covid-19 is a new virus and that we don’t have natural history to underpin these assumptions. Also, our behaviour every single day does makes a real difference. Certainty is therefore not possible during this challenging time.

This makes it difficult for a government to plan. Do we build more field hospitals, or do we have enough beds with the existing interventions?

The latest NCEM calibration of Western Cape data from end of June 2020

With more data available, we have again worked with the National Consortium and the ASSA to recalibrate our provisioning scenario.

The NCEM calibration has been completed, and the latest provisioning scenario has the following conclusions:

  • The peak in the Western Cape seems to be later than was originally projected and is likely to take place from end of July to beginning of August.
  • This peak is also flatter than was originally projected. This means that we will not have as many hospitalisations and deaths at the peak as we originally thought.
  • As a result, it is projected that 5450 beds will be needed at the “peak” should this scenario hold. This is lower than both the original provisioning scenario from April (6304), and the previous NCEM calibration from May (7800).
  • However, this flatter trajectory would last for longer. This means potentially more cumulative deaths of approximately 10 000 people during the pandemic.
  • The virus is could be with us for longer than we thought, with this first peak only ending towards end of November.

Implications for Western Cape provisioning

So, what does this all mean for the Western Cape Government’s provisioning?

Given this latest projection and given that we have not seen the expected surge in hospitalisations, we will not proceed with a CTICC 2 Hospital of Hope expansion at this stage. Our existing platform, with the operational field hospitals, and private sector capacity, means we have capacity at this stage to manage the expected burden.

However, we have done extensive planning for such an expansion and it remains “on-the-table” should the data suggest it will be needed.

Indeed, these latest projections can change given the unprecedented nature of this pandemic, and so we will continually analyse the data to make the best possible decisions in this uncertain time.

The Western Cape Government Cabinet has also approved a plan to purchase additional beds in private facilities for public sector patients. The advantages of the plan are multi-fold:

  • The infrastructure and capacity (they are fully equipped and staffed) exists in place and can be accessed anytime when available.
  • We have done the preparatory work and have signed off with the major    private hospital groups and is in the process to sign independent practitioners.
  • Several engagements, processes and mechanisms have been put in place to manage the interface between the public sector and private sector including referral, governance, billing and information management through an intermediary, ethics committee, evidence-led clinical guidelines.
  • This also adds capacity in rural areas, that do not have access to existing field hospitals in the Cape Metro.

You can change this curve again through your behaviour

The Western Cape Government is fortunate to have some of the best and brightest minds working in our Department of Health. These top scientists are not yet clear on what has caused our curve to be flatter and pushed out. We are dealing with an unprecedented scenario, and we are learning about this virus every day.

Some of the factors posited is that the virus is peaking in different places in the City at different times. Another scenario is that the virus does not infect everyone in the same way. Behaviour change interventions, such as wearing a mask, and keeping a distance can also make a real difference.

As more data becomes available and as we learn more about the pandemic in the Western Cape and South Africa, we will be able to be clearer on the reasons for these changes. I will share this information with you as soon as I have it. I can also assure you that we are constantly analysing our data so that we make the best possible decisions.

For now, I want you to know one certainty during this time: you have the power to change this curve again.

Changing the way that we behave, by wearing a mask, keeping a distance, and following good hygiene, will interrupt the spread of the virus. This will flatten the curve further. This will keep your loves ones safe. This will save lives.

I know that this pandemic is over-whelming and we are “told” by government do so many things. I want you to know that you really can make a difference by making these simple behaviour changes in your life. I am so grateful for everyone who has done this already, and I urge every person who hasn’t yet to join us in our effort to beat Covid-19 in the Western Cape.

Stay Safe. Keep your loved ones safe. Save Lives.

Media Release: Update on the coronavirus by Premier Alan Winde

2 July 2020

As of 1pm on 2 July 2020, the Western Cape has 16 722 active cases of COVID-19, with a total of 65 155 confirmed cases and 46 515 recoveries.

Total confirmed COVID-19 cases 65 155
Total recoveries 46515
Total deaths 1918
Total active cases (currently infected patients) 16722
Tests conducted 312721
Hospitalisations 1746 with 313 in ICU or high care

The Western Cape has recorded an additional 59 deaths, bringing the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in the province to 1918. We send our condolences to their loved ones at this time.

We have experienced some technical difficulties with our data dashboard which has impacted the sub-district data. We are working on correcting this issue and will not be sharing this data today so that the root causes can be addressed.

Earlier today, I held a digicon in which we provided an epidemic update which anticipates that our peak will likely be flatter, later and last longer than previously predicted. More information can be found in the media release here: https://coronavirus.westerncape.gov.za/news/premier-alan-winde-western-cape-peak-likely-be-flatter-later-and-longer.