03 May 2021 - 17:44 In Gauteng on May 2 there were 424,326 Covid-19 cases with 410,573 recoveries and 10,664 deaths. File photo. Image: Emile Bosch
The Gauteng health department on Monday raised the alarm over “notable increases” in the number of new Covid-19 cases in the province.
Department spokesperson Kwara Kekana said new cases had increased across the province, particularly in the Sedibeng district, compared to the week before.
“In the past two weeks, an increased number of new cases were also recorded in the Emfuleni, Tshwane 3 and Johannesburg D subdistricts,” Kekana said.
The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Gauteng as of May 2 was 424,326, with 410,573 recoveries and 10,664 deaths.
More than 1,000 unidentified bodies lying in Gauteng mortuaries State mortuaries had 1,173 unidentified bodies last year, and a further 120 bodies that were unclaimed and buried as paupers: Gauteng health department 15 March 2021 - 15:34 Cases of “serious adverse events” in Gauteng public hospitals rose from 4,170 in 2019 to 4,701, Gauteng health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi said on Monday. File photo. Image: Veli Nhlapo
Close to 1,200 unidentified bodies lay in Gauteng s state mortuaries last year, with more than 100 identified bodies having been buried as paupers because they had not been claimed.
Also, cases of “serious adverse events” (SAEs) in Gauteng public hospitals had risen from 4,170 in 2019 to 4,701. SAEs are events arising from the health-care environment and which may affect the medical outcome on a patient by either lengthening their stay in hospital or further complicating their condition.
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It s not a fully-fledged hospital more a step-down facility for critical patients with Covid who have been stabilised at hospital.
The National Recreation Centre (Nasrec) field hospital in Johannesburg currently has 1,000 beds; there is capacity for 500 more but these were decommissioned in September and can become available again if needed.
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