Head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, said that they had devised a strategy that would allow for the rolling out of services with the least amount of coronavirus infection risk.
The Western Cape’s Head of Health, Doctor Keith Cloete, explained that the number of patients being treated in hospitals after testing positive for COVID-19 was declining.
The sale of alcohol was allowed as of Tuesday under level two, after it was banned for a second time under level three.
The prohibition was relaxed as the country dropped to level two lockdown this week with COVID-19 infections stabilising.
Since the alcohol ban was reinstated three weeks ago, trauma units at Western Cape hospitals have been under less pressure.
Speaking during his weekly briefing on Thursday, the premier confirmed the province’s health system was coping.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize pointed out that the province had a hospital-centric strategy as well as suboptimal contact tracing, quarantine and isolation programmes.
Tygerberg Hospital and Groote Schuur hospitals have started using high-flow nasal oxygen treatment on COVID-19 patients as an alternative to putting them on a ventilator early on.
Western Cape health department's chief of operations, doctor Saadiq Kariem said guidelines outlined for a person under investigation for the disease helped guide doctors in terms of the death declaration.
The facility at the CTICC is one of several temporary sites established to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic once the province reached peak infection levels.
The sale of alcohol has been directly linked to the burden of trauma cases.
Nehawu said that the staff had raised a number of issues and accused the Western Cape Health Department of not complying with COVID-19 regulations.
Tygerberg Hospital started using high-flow nasal oxygen treatment on COVID-19 patients as an alternative to putting them on a ventilator early on.
The province had more than 27,000 cases and 643 deaths.
The minister on Tuesday wrapped up a two-day visit to the nation’s virus epicentre to assess what was being done to prepare for the peak.
The Western Cape is struggling with the pandemic, and healthcare workers in the province are at the forefront of this problem.
The Western Cape Health Department also added that over the past few days it's found positive cases at various health facilities across the province including, Matthew Goniwe, Retreat, Valkenberg, and Dr Abdurahman health centres.
Head of the provincial Department of Health Dr Keith Cloete said additional COVID-19 testing and triage centres would also be set up across the province ahead of the anticipated rise in the number of cases.
