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So what is happening in South Africa?

A slow but steady increase in admissions and deaths which they are hoping will peak imminently, but obviously far below the Delta wave. (assuming that the dip last week was the usual annual festive admissions dip). There has also been a significant increase in excess deaths representing a possibility that people are dying of Covid outside of hospitals (but not in massive numbers).

The main focus of Omicron study in SA right now is trying to figure out why 10% of all Omicron admissions with severe disease are in toddlers.