Western Cape likely to overtake Gauteng in Covid-19 cases, says provincial health department

The Western Cape department of health issued a warning on Thursday, predicting that the number of Covid-19 cases in the province was expected to overtake the number of Gauteng infection cases in the coming days,Speaking on Cape Talk Radio, the health department’s HOD, Dr Keith Cloete, more cases of the virus were expected to rise rapidly.

Cloete also warned of a rise in deaths in the province, saying the Western Cape was soon likely to overtake KwaZulu-Natal as the province recording the most deaths.“We find a case, and then we explore every possible person that would have been in contact with that case, and we’re chasing up results. As a result, authorities are starting to find significant clusters of cases that they are able to relate specifically to places of gathering.

On the deaths in the province, Cloete said that all of those who had succumbed to the disease had either been elderly, or had underlying co-morbidities.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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