The warning comes as 13 more patients died due to Covid-19 related complications in the last 24 hours. This comes a day after 11 people were also confirmed dead due to the virus. 

So far a total of 72 patients have died while the number of hospitalised patients increased from 470 to 529. The province has been battling to deal with the rapid spread of the virus across the province with 17 791 cases now confirmed.

The province has recorded an increase of 187 new infections in the last 24 hours. This means that active Covid-19 cases in the province rose to 11,081 after 6,638 patients recovered from the virus, and 72 deaths were recorded from the 17,604 reported cases.

MEC Madoda Sambatha has conveyed his condolences to the loved ones of the deceased. Sambatha has further thanked healthcare workers who treated the deceased.

President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize, have previously warned about the Covid-19 "storm" expected to hit the country. 

Ramaphosa and Mkhize warned that the country would experience a high rate of infections with scientist warning that the country could see well over 50 000 patients dying due to Covid-19 related complications.

So far the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa is 459 761, with the total number of deaths standing at 7 257. Mkhize also reports that the total number of recoveries is 287 313.

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