The projected number of deaths in the Western Cape has been increased from below 5,500 to 9,300 by the end of November, according to the SA Covid-19 Modelling Consortium.
— there would still be a 1,600 bed shortfall and that this now has to be addressed.
“We might have to bring in staff members from other parts of the country to respond to this crisis,” he said, adding that the province was in discussion with the national health department about this. According to the provincial department of health’s public health specialist Prof Andrew Boulle, “At the level of hospitalisation, even if we just continue on the same exponential growth, we still have a challenging time ahead of us.”
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