Western Cape has passed its Covid-19 peak - Winde

Cape Town - The province had passed its Covid-19 peak with sufficient platform capacity and would be considering whether temporary field hospitals should remain open, said Premier Alan Winde in his daily Covid-19 provincial update on Tuesday.The province reported 7 416 active cases of Covid-19, 98868 confirmed cases and 87 998 recoveries as of 1pm on Tuesday.

The ministerial advisory committee must advise the National Health minister regarding which alert level should be declared nationally, provincially, in a metropolitan area or a district. “It is imperative that we take decisive and immediate action to prevent an unemployment pandemic and further economic calamity.”

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