As of Thursday, 18 June, the Western Cape has 12 667 active Covid-19 cases, 46 951 confirmed cases, 32 953 recoveries, and there are 1 470 people in hospital.
Cape Town - A total of 19 temporary testing and triage centres have been completed at hospitals across the province, said Premier Alan Winde on Thursday, when he released the daily update on coronavirus statistics for the province.
Meanwhile during the weekly digicon, public health specialist with the Department of Health, Professor Mary-Ann Davies presented her findings on how Covid-19 impacts people living with HIV, TB and other comorbidities. Using data available in the public sector for comorbidities, she has determined that for every 100 Covid-19 deaths in the public sector:12 can be attributed to HIVHe added that pressure has been building in province's acute hospital facilities, however, "these hospitals are not yet at full capacity and still have some spare capacity to admit Covid-19 patients".
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