CORONAVIRUS DAILY DIGEST #89: Eastern Cape admits patients to a field hospital while a second is inspected for safety; Ramaphosa deploys soldiers until September

Scroll through the gallery below to view the latest Covid-19 numbers available on 3 July at the district level. All maps are sourced from provincial health departments. However, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape did not provide an update by the time of publishing:The Eastern Cape’s first field hospital has opened its doors.

had admitted eight patients referred from Nelson Mandela Bay’s overwhelmed hospitals. While this facility will provide 3,300 beds once completed, the province says this will not be enough. Asreports, the province has committed to building a field hospital per district and in Buffalo City to provide a combined total of 4,000 medical beds.

Meanwhile, patients, visitors and employees at the metro’s Livingstone Hospital saw rats licking water the colour of blood that was pouring out of a blocked drain outside the hospital’s main entrance. The provincial Department of Health insists an unknown person put beetroot peels in the drain. Nevertheless, inspectors from the department found that the hospital has not been properly cleaned, did not have enough thermometers to screen people, and noted that rubbish was piling up again.

Meanwhile, judgement was reserved in the matter between Equal Education and the Department of Basic Education over the resumption of theunpacks the legal arguments and writes that “this case is probably one of the most important of the democratic era”.

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