Gauteng gov confirms Covid-19 cases doubled in one week to 26,000

Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku gave an update on the latest measures and numbers of Covid-19 in the province on Thursday, and the numbers are not looking good.

Johannesburg is still the hotspot in the province, the task team is predicting that the Covid-19 peak will be around September. Testing backlogs have been reported across the country and Masuku said currently the backlog in the province stands at 30,000. He said this would likely be resolved by next week with the help of private laboratories.patients on ventilators and 284 on oxygen in the province’s hospitals, and the majority of the patients are in private hospitals.

Lesufi said the biggest issue they face as a department is basic infrastructure such as water and electricity and will be looking at other facilities such as churches to accommodate learners whose schools have been vandalised.

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