oThe third wave: How did we get there

The note assess the impact of covid 19 in Namibia. The month of May, with 188 deaths, was the worst since the inception of the pandemic in the country. The infection rate surged to values near to those experienced during the 1st and 2nd waves in August 2020 and January 2021. All covid indicators deteriorated: Recovery rate dropped to 91%, infection rate raised to 7.4% and mortality rate jumped to 1.5 %. More worrisome at the same time was the reality that the number of those in hospital and in intensive care also increased exponentially again.