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 Health Dept to use antigen testing as COVID-19 cases, deaths rise The provincial Health Department said that there had been a 17% rise in deaths in the last week. FILE: Snorkel masks protect healthcare personnel at Tygerberg Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. Image: Western Cape Government.
93 days ago
CAPE TOWN - Forty-nine more people have died of COVID-19 in the Western Cape, bringing the total number of deaths in the province to 5,552.
The provincial Health Department said that there had been a 17% rise in deaths in the last week.
The province also has over 34,600 active cases.
Head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete: There s a new dominant lineage, it s a new variant, and we ve also done a sample on the Cape Flats and we can now say that this variant has gone faster than the other variant and that, to some extent, explains what s happened in Garden Route and what s happening in the res
WC Health Dept officials expect peak in COVID-19 cases to hit in Jan The province is currently dealing with 34,000 active cases and the peak would be far, far higher than the one during the first wave earlier this year. FILE: Medical swabs to test for the coronavirus. Picture: Eyewitness News.
94 days ago
CAPE TOWN - The Western Cape expects to hit its second peak of COVID-19 infections in the first week of the new year.
The province is currently dealing with 34,000 active cases and the peak will be far, far higher than the one during the first wave earlier this year.
COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations in CT exceeding first wave - WC Health Dept The provincial department said that it was seeing an increase well above levels seen in June. FILE: Snorkel masks protect healthcare personnel at Tygerberg Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. Image: Western Cape Government.
94 days ago
CAPE TOWN - The Western Cape Health Department said that COVID-19 cases were now way higher than the first wave, with over 34,000 active infections being reported.
The provincial department said that it was seeing an increase well above levels seen in June.
The department s Dr Keith Cloete said that there had been a 17% rise in deaths in the last week.
WC Health Dept concerned about strain COVID resurgence has on hospitals South Africa has passed the 100,000 mark in active cases, 14,386 of those are in Gauteng while close to 33,000 are in the Western Cape. President Cyril Ramaphosa is are guided by Western Cape Premier Alan Winde on a tour of the province s Hospital of Hope on 5 June 2020; an 850-bed COVID-19 facility, which has been established at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Picture: GCIS.
98 days ago
CAPE TOWN - The Western Cape Health Department on Sunday said the increasing strain on medical facilities is a major concern, especially ahead of the peak of second wave COVID-19 infections.