Knysna-Plett Herald

Decreases for Knysna and Bitou

- Blake Linder

REGIONAL - After an increase last week, both active and new cases have decreased in Bitou this week, with Knysna also continuing its downward trajectory in both metrics.

It's been a week since President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the easing of restrictio­ns on events and liquor sales as part of the country's move to lockdown level 2, along with the curfew being changed to fall between the hours of 23:00 and 04:00 every evening.

The country also continues to gradually make its way out of the third wave, with the national and provincial vaccinatio­n drive powering ahead. As at Monday 20 September the Western Cape had administer­ed a total of 2 666 184 vaccines to the people of the province. Meanwhile, the Garden Route has managed to administer 244 486 vaccines, as at Wednesday morning.

When it comes to vaccine registrati­ons, the province finally crossed the twomillion mark late last week. As at Tuesday 21 September, 2 077 088 people had registered to receive the vaccine. The Garden Route makes up 9,14% of these, with a total of 189 863 registrati­ons. The 60+ age group stands on 63 738 registrati­ons, the 50 to 59 group on

35 942, the 35 to 49 age group has 54 636 registrati­ons, and the 18 to 34 age group has seen 35 547 registrati­ons. Further, in Knysna, there has been a total of 27 128 registrati­ons for the vaccine (53,58% of the eligible population) while Bitou has seen 15 933 registrati­ons (42,28% of eligible people).

As at Tuesday 21 September, Knysna had recorded a total of

7 946 cases of Covid-19, of which 7 488 have recovered, 258 have died, and 200 are active cases. This indicates a total of 102 new cases in the seven days between 14 and 21 September, which amounts to a 22,72% decrease (-30) from the previous week.

The number of active cases also dropped by 28,57% (-80) this week, the lowest number since 22 June.

The recovery rate has risen again and stands on 94,24% (93,31% last week). The deaths have however increased for the 14th week in a row with a rise of +13, with the mortality rate now on 3,2%. In Bitou as at Tuesday, 4 218 Covid-19 cases had been recorded, with 3 858 having recovered, 128 having died, and 232 being active cases.

This shows a total of 114 new cases recorded between 14 and 21 September, dropping by 28,75% (-46) from last week. With the active cases dropping by the margin of 12,12% (-32) this week, it is the lowest number in a month for Bitou. The recovery rate rose here too, standing on 91,47% (90,55% last week).

The deaths have risen by four this week, the joint-highest rise during the third wave, and the mortality rate stands on 3%.

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Graphics: Blake Linder

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