As at 1pm on 15 September 2021, the Western Cape had 16 301 active COVID-19 infections, with a total number 512 764 COVID-19 cases to date and 477 197 recoveries.

Total number of COVID-19 cases to date

512 764

Total recoveries

477 197

Total deaths

19 266

Total active cases (currently infected patients)

16 301

Tests conducted

2 373 791

Hospitalisations (private and public combined)

2553 of which 550 are in high care or ICU

By 5pm on 14 September 2021, the Western Cape Government had administered a cumulative total of 2 502 471 vaccines to healthcare workers, staff in the education sector and those within eligible age brackets.

The current 7-day moving average is 65 deaths per day.

Additional data is available on the Western Cape COVID-19 data dashboard which also features active cases per sub-district, active cases per 100 000 and 7-day moving averages.

COVID-19 infections, hospitalisations & deaths continue to decrease in the Western Cape

While Western Cape is continuing to see decreases in the number of COVID-19 cases, admissions and deaths, I call on residents to continue to practice the lifesaving behaviours that we have learnt throughout the pandemic to break the chain of transmission.

Our healthcare platform shows us that:

There has been a decrease in daily cases over the last week with 1015 new cases recorded each day based on the 7 day moving average.

Cases have decreased by 26% week-on-week with all districts now seeing percentage decreases in week-on-week cases. The Metro overall has seen a 28% decrease in cases over the last week and the rural districts have is continuing to decline in daily case numbers.

Hospital admissions currently average at 170 new admissions daily.

The reproductive or “R” number for the province is approximately 0.75.

The test proportion positive has dipped below 20%.

This indicates that we are on-track to exit the third wave. We will have officially exited the third wave once we have reached a daily case load of 15% of the peak or roughly 530 cases daily.

Please continue to play your part by wearing your mask correctly, washing and sanitizing your hands regularly, and maintaining a safe social distance. It is also very important that you make use of your vaccine opportunity to protect yourself and those around you.

Source: Government of South Africa