The Gauteng provincial government has adjusted its approach to testing for the novel coronavirus amid a shortage of test kits in SA, health MEC Bandile Masuku said.
The province currently has the highest number of active cases in the country, and is the epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic in SA, with 36,349 cases in confirmed in the past week. Dealing with the rate of infection in the province, Masuku said that while it was still increasing rapidly, there was some good news as the number of active cases had decreased over the past few days, with the number of recoveries increasing.
While beds were being increased in targeted hospitals, the province was also still working on establishing field hospitals, he said.
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