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WC's Winde reiterates call for lifting of alcohol sales ban, pushing back curfew
The moves come as the province shows a continued decline in COVID-19 infections, hospitalisations and deaths.
Provincial head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, said that there'd been a significant decrease in the number of active cases, hospitalisations and deaths.
Premier Alan Winde has written to the health minister requesting curbs be relaxed as the peak of the second wave of infections has now passed in the region.
South Africa was left scrambling to source COVID-19 vaccines after failing to timeously place orders with manufacturers.
Provincial health authorities said active cases in the Western Cape were on the decline.
There' been a 19% drop in cases in Cape Town and an 18% reduction in rural cases.
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said that their job was made all the more difficult by the many questions that remained about the virus.
Wester Cape Premier Alan Winde said that he has requested that all gatherings, congregations, masses and prayer ceremonies not be held in-person.
This is an increase from the previous seven days during which 159 infections in the public health service were picked up.
The province has seen a resurgence of COVID-19 in recent weeks, with Cape Town and the Garden Route reporting rising infection rates.
Provincial Head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, said that as of Sunday, more than 1,100 people were admitted to hospital, with over 700 in Cape Town and 242 in the Garden Route.
The province's Health Department said that infections had been rising steadily since October and Cape Town had seen more than 2,000 infections in the last seven days.
Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) gathered outside the school yesterday, demanding that the provincial Education Department takes action against two teachers who'd attended a private matric party recently.
The province's coronavirus incidence rate this week showed signs of slowing down.
Just over 3,100 people in the province are currently infected with the coronavirus and 561 of these are being treated in hospital.
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has outlined plans to steer the province towards a better economic climate and said that the region was now joining hands with civil society and the private sector to reduce poverty and unemployment.
Questions were raised last week about what happened to a comprehensive gang plan put together by a team of academics and community activists.
On Tuesday, Premier Alan Winde and the Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz visited Delft which is one of the areas benefitting from the deployment of 70 Law Enforcement Advance Plan officers.
Premier Allan Winde said that a full investigation by police and the Western Cape Liquor Authority into the bar in question was now under way.