The National Treasury has also injected nearly R8-billion into the province’s health care system.
The Eastern Cape province has seen a massive increase of COVID-19 cases, following the relaxing of lockdown regulations, which continues to put pressure on the health care system.
As the province is in the process of recruiting extra doctors and nurses, the SANDF will deploy a total of 35-military nurses, 12 doctors, and 5 clinical associates.
#COVID19 Statistics in SA as at 03 July 2020. pic.twitter.com/7t6JQxqsxc
— Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) July 3, 2020
As of today, the cumulative number of confirmed #COVID19 cases is 177 124, the total number of deaths is 2952 and the total number of recoveries is 86 298. pic.twitter.com/ACjXbqqGaH
— Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) July 3, 2020
In the video below, Eastern Cape asks for assistance from SANDF medical teams: