Covid cases at 4282 in three-month high

The number of daily Covid-19 cases has risen above 4000 for the first time in three months. Ministry of Health data shows there were 4282 daily cases reported yesterday – the highest single day since August 17, when there were 4622 cases reported. While the ministry moved to releasing only weekly Covid-19 updates from September, it still publishes daily case information online. Covid-19 cases have stabilised in recent days, after ‘‘substantially increasing’’ since early October, in a ‘‘bump’’ which experts linked to removing restrictions. As of the week ending November 13, there were about 59 Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people – a 4% increase from the previous week (ending November 6). This is in contrast to a week-onweek increase of 25% just a couple of weeks ago. There have been a couple of days recently when cases crept closer to 4000, including 3913 on November 7, and 3923 on October 25.