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The province has seen a 42% weekly increase in new infections and there are now more than 10,000 active cases in the province.
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CAPE TOWN – More healthcare workers are contracting COVID-19 in the Western Cape and officials say more than 250 have been infected in 20 hospitals over the past five weeks.
The province has seen a 42% weekly increase in new infections and as of Thursday, there were more than 10,000 active cases in the province.
Provincial Health Chief Dr. Keith Cloete said Thursday that COVID-19 cases among healthcare workers in September and October were as low as five a day, but in the past two weeks, the department had seen up to 38 in one day.
Cloete said that the major hospitals handled the majority of the cases.
“Tygerberg is 30, Groote Schuur is 28. George Hospital has been 26 – now George Hospital has significantly fewer staff, followed by Mossel Bay Hospital and Knysna Hospital.”
He added that infections among healthcare workers reflected the prevalence in the communities in which they lived and said the department was making sure there was enough PPE to protect all front-line staff members.
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