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As more Covid-19 cases are reported, the number of admissions and bed occupancy rate for critical patients has increased which put more pressure on ventilators, oxygen points and oxygen supplies.

Commuters line up as they wait for the bus during a protest by taxi operators over the government's financial relief for the taxi industry, during the coronavirus disease lockdown, in Soweto, South Africa, June 22, 2020.

From overcoming stress to deaths of front line workers — five emotional stories from Groote Schuur hospitalis a glimmer of hope for many people, and an eye-opener about the seriousness of the Covid-19 pandemic which has seen more than 130,000 South Africans become infected and more than 2,000 lose their lives nationally.On the Cape Town hospital's Facebook page, front line workers share their experiences of fighting the pandemic and their tips on how to keep safe during the health crisis.

 

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