The Western Cape s hospitals are overflowing with COVID-19 cases, with authorities reporting that Cape Metro hospitals are running at 105% of capacity on average.
WC hospitals seeing about 570 admissions per day as COVID peak nears South Africa has reported a staggering 14,046 in new confirmed cases in the last 24-hours alone. Quinton the robot is being used at the Tygerberg Hospital to reduce the risk of health workers being exposed to COVID-19. Picture: Supplied
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CAPE TOWN/JOHANNESBURG - The Western Cape Health Department is frantically trying to provide more beds for COVID-19 patients as the new variant of the virus tears through the nation like wildfire.
The province currently has the highest number of active cases and authorities say they re seeing around 570 hospital admissions across private and public facilities every single day.