COVID-19 | Cape Town high care wards, ICU's filling up

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Concerns over high care and ICU bed capacity at Cape Town hospitals as COVID-19 cases surge in the province.

While Western Cape health authorities say they have enough beds, staff and oxygen to meet the demand, they are concerned about the increase in Covid-19 patients who are unvaccinated being admitted to high care and ICU. Ayesha Ismail reports. Courtesy #DStv403

CAPE TOWN - High care and intensive care units at Cape Town’s hospitals are filling up fast with COVID-19 patients.

 

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They made march lastweek abt corona and musk now look what's happening some ppl have hard heads now cape twn is going to put the whole country on lockdown lo Iike joburg we cant stand this period 🤞

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Please be careful, guys. Please keep safe.

Watch out guys, these covid19 news covers have a tendency of using old pictures showing full hospitals to scare people….

rid1tweets is there any particular reason why there is a lag between the inland and coastal provinces this wave? Is it spatial variation of hotspots, lag in increased testing, behavioral differences?

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