Gauteng Premier David Makhura said the provincial government would approach the national coronavirus command council to reinstate some of the previous lockdown restrictions to assist in fighting the spread of Covid-19 in the province.
Gauteng currently has a total number of 45,944 Covid-19 cases, as of 1 July 2020, with 10,534 recoveries in the process. While, the Covid-19 related deaths stands at 244. Makhura said that the Johannesburg CBD area remained provincial government’s biggest concern. which has 4,667 confirmed cases and 2,945 active cases.
“By the end of this month, the province will have more than 4,500 beds as hospitalization has increased drastically. A 144 patients are now on ventilators, unlike the previous month when the province only had four patients on ventilators.”
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