Mkhize says while the model projects a lower need for hospital non-ICU and ICU beds at a national level, bed capacity is still expected to be breached or overwhelmed in all provinces.
Both Gauteng and the Eastern Cape will reach their capacity when it comes to hospital beds for both ICU and non-ICU Covid-19 patients within the next four weeks.
To remedy this, the minister said that the department of health has developed and is implementing what it calls the “Surge Strategy” in anticipation of the peak. The minister confirmed that a total of 20 million people had been screened across the country, resulting in over 300 000 people being referred for testing.
“The Western Cape continues to have the highest number of confirmed cases at 72,156 followed by Gauteng on 71,488, the Eastern Cape on 40,401 cases and KwaZulu-Natal on 16,743 confirmed cases. We however expect Gauteng to have the highest number of confirmed cases, thus making it the epicentre.”June 2020, 4 821 Health Care Workers were reported to have been infected with Covid-19 virus across the country.
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