South Africa in rapid Omicron decline.

So the Omicron wave may be short lived and just mild cases.

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South Africa's noticeable drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days could signal the country's dramatic surge in Omicron cases has passed its peak, medical experts say.

Daily virus case counts are notoriously unreliable, as they can be affected by uneven testing, reporting delays and other fluctuations.

But they are offering one tantalising hint — far from conclusive yet — that Omicron infections may recede quickly after a ferocious spike.

After hitting a high of nearly 27,000 new cases nationwide on Thursday, the numbers dropped to about 15,424 on Tuesday.

In Gauteng province — which has 16 million people, including the largest city, Johannesburg, and the capital, Pretoria — the decrease started earlier and has continued