The Western Cape government is anticipating a cumulative death toll of approximately 9 300 people in the province due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
umulative death toll in the province as a result of Covid-19 could be as high as 9 300.
projecting on the number of hospitalisations expected during the course of the pandemic and what would be required by the healthcare system to respond at the peak. Approximately 7 800 beds are now projected to be needed at the peak of the pandemic, whereas the province previously worked on a 6 200-bed requirement.
"Additional beds require additional doctors and healthcare staff. The CTICC temporary hospital will have more than 900 staff. Finding additional staff is most probably the most difficult part of any additional scale-up. We must also factor in the fact that some healthcare workers will get infected with Covid-19 and they will not be able to work," Winde said.
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