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Health chief Dr. Keith Cloete said officials had always worked by January 7, Thursday, for the province’s peak.
Western Cape Prime Minister Alan Winde (right) and Provincial Head of Health Dr Keith Cloete (center) help officials remove a hospital bed as the CTICC Hospital of Hope is officially decommissioned on August 21, 2020. Image: Kaylynn Palm / EWN
CAPE TOWN – The Western Cape Department of Health said Monday that COVID-19 models confirm that the province is expected to reach the peak of the second wave in the coming days.
There are currently 39,000 active cases of the coronavirus in the province.
There are currently more than 3,200 people hospitalized, just over 2,000 in the public sector and 1,200 in the private sector.
Health chief Dr. Keith Cloete said officials had always worked by January 7, Thursday, for the province’s peak.
To cope with admissions this week, health officials have added more hospital bed capacity.
“We have made sure to bring our capacity online, we do what we have to do to be able to face this week, which represents the peak.”
Cloete explains that the accelerated part of moving towards the expected peak of the curve is when there is a rapid increase in new cases and new deaths.
He adds that the province probably had that phase of rapid acceleration about seven to 10 days ago.
“It is extremely difficult for healthcare workers, but the daily numbers have started to decline.”
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