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Western Cape health facilities are under pressure as more Covid-19 patients require hospitalisation. File photo.Image: Aron Hyman
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Covid-19 surge and trauma patients put Western Cape hospitals under ‘severe strain’

Hospitals across the Western Cape were under “severe pressure” on Sunday due to a sharp increase in patients with severe Covid-19. The provincial health department said in a statement that a steep increase in non Covid-19 trauma cases was…

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Health minister Zweli Mkhize says more doctors have been deployed to the Western Cape in response to the high level of Covid-19 infections.Picture: GCIS
COVID 19

Extra hands needed as 80% of health workers with Covid-19 are in Western Cape

Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize voiced concern on Friday that 80% of the country’s health-care workers who had contracted Covid-19 were based in the Western Cape. This, he said, raised the question of bringing extra support into the…

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Western Cape premier Alan Winde says local coronavirus transmissions are increasing. Image: Mohau Mofokeng © Sowetan
COVID 19

Local transmissions rise as Western Cape infections top 800

Local transmissions of Covid-19 are increasing, Western Cape premier Alan Winde said on Saturday as he announced a 9.3% leap in cases since Friday. #THANKYOU Post to Darussalaam Masjid. They serve 1400 people food on a daily basis and was…

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