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Provincial Chief of Health Dr. Keith Cloete said that as of Sunday, more than 1,100 people were admitted to the hospital, with more than 700 in Cape Town and 242 on the Garden Route.
FILE: A healthcare worker organizes tests for COVID-19. Image: AFP.
CAPE TOWN – During the past week, there were more than 6,400 new infections.
Cape Town has seen an increase of more than 2,900 and the Garden Route has increased by more than 2,600.
Provincial Chief of Health Dr. Keith Cloete said that as of Sunday, more than 1,100 people were admitted to the hospital, with more than 700 in Cape Town and 242 on the Garden Route.
“… 578 in the public sector, 526 in the private sector, so now, like the first time at the end of May, when the public sector surpasses the private sector, that’s when the pressure on the public sector increases and we cross that line over the weekend. “
He said that in recent days, the Groote Schuur and Tygerberg hospitals had been filling up very quickly, especially the intensive care unit.
Tygerberg was under a lot of pressure yesterday, as was Groote Schuur, so now we are preparing for a rapid increase in hospitalizations in the public sector, especially in Cape Metro, but you know that it is very difficult on the Garden Route. “
Prime Minister Alan Winde met with his Cabinet and Disaster Management to discuss measures to help curb the spread of the virus.
“How can we get law enforcement to play a different role again? It saddens me that we have to remove law enforcement from fighting crime, with which we already have a problem, and put them in discipline to citizens because they do not adhere to the rules. “
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