The tests were done after a doctor who works at the public institution - as well as at a private hospital - tested positive for the virus. The results aren’t being disclosed at this point. 

Mahikeng Provincial Hospital acting CEO Bushy Belle said 54 staff members have been tested in public facilities and 28 have been tested privately.

The hospital underwent deep cleaning and parts will be back in use by Tuesday.

OFM News' Lucky Nkuyane earlier reported that the North West Department of Health's coronavirus tracing team has launched a search for the suspected contacts linked to a doctor who tested positive for Covid-19 in the Mahikeng Provincial Hospital.

The MEC for Health, Madoda Sambatha, says the department has begun a process of tracing about 330 of the people he came into contact with. He says this includes 14 doctors, 195 patients, 22 staff members and 29 nurses at three medical facilities, which include his own private facility and the Victoria Private Hospital. The doctor now forms part of more than five medical personnel in the province who have tested positive for Covid-19 across the province while in the frontline of the battle against the virus.

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