The minister said the issue in Gauteng, where infections have started to surge, was the pattern in which the increase was happening.
At the beginning of June, Gauteng was recording around 230 Covid-19 positive cases daily, but by the end of the month, it was recording between 3 000 to 4 000 cases daily, which is the real issue, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said.
“So, the sudden increase in a short space of time is what really jacked the system in Gauteng,” Mkhize added, saying work was being done to augment the number of beds in hospitals to stay ahead of the surge as daily hospitalisations were also expected to start increasing.News24 previously reported the minister said while the number of hospital admissions were “rising very fast”, hospitals have still not reached capacity for non-intensive care unit beds.
Triage tents have also been set up at hospitals, where walk-ins are immediately separated. Those who might have Covid-19 will be kept at the triage tents until their status is confirmed.
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