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special advisory for the cold front and snow, expected to hit the Northern and Western Cape provinces.In the statement by the meteorological service, "the mountains of the Western Cape and the extreme south-western areas of the Northern Cape are about to experience the first snow of 2020".The cold front started setting in on Sunday.On Tuesday,…

All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updatesIt warned however that, while it was ready to meet current critical care needs, at the peak, "even in the best-case scenario, we will still fall short of ICU beds"."The public sector has an existing capacity of 2 162 acute beds, and an 1 428 additional care beds will…

Winde calls for Western Cape to move to Level 3 lockdown, says province is prepared for peakAlthough quarantining and isolation measures are being put in place, the need is going to exceed what is available. Winde said 90% of people who tested positive would get through with few symptoms. "Ninety percent will be able to deal with…

*Note: Due to different reporting times, the provincial numbers will differ to the national numbers for given provinces by a few cases per day.The Western Cape has recorded an additional nine coronavirus deaths, bringing the total in the province to 156. Premier Alan Winde said, as of 13:00 on Sunday, the Western Cape had 9 246 confirmed…

Western Cape proposes to move to Level 3 lockdown as soon as possibleIt has also recorded 77 310 tests and 129 deaths after the province recorded an additional 12 Covid-19-related deaths.The sub-district with the highest number of cases at 1 193 is Tygerberg with 358 recoveries, followed by Khayelitsha with 966 cases and 340 recoveries…