'Western Cape seeing a flatter trajectory of Covid-19 related deaths'

Cape Town - Health experts are cautiously optimistic that the Western Cape is starting to flatten its Covid-19 death rate.

“As part of its support to the NDOH, USAID is estimating the supplies and equipment required as well as working with engineers to increase hospitals’ capacity for oxygen support to critical care and general ward beds. He said the province was well within its risk scenario planning. At present, Covid-19 case fatality rate is just below 3%, according to Cloete. Hospital admissions for Covid-19 have stabilised over the past 10 days across public and private sector hospitals and field hospitals have relieved pressure on acute hospitals significantly.

Brackengate R300 field hospital, with a bed capacity of 330, will be admitting its first patients on Monday. “R250 million has been invested in health technology to equip health-care facilities with the appropriate equipment, some of which are high-flow nasal oxygen devices.

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