Private health care sector is also feeling pressure on its bed capacity due to rising Covid-19 infections

The private health care sector is also feeling pressure on its bed capacity due to rising Covid-19 infections. In one Gauteng private hospital, fifty percent of the beds are occupied by Covid patients. Patients in a less severe condition, are sent home with oxygen tanks to create bed space. Gauteng accounts for over 50-percent of the total cases reported in the country.