Without the hard lockdown, the country could have expected a daily infection rate of about 33%, he said. Peak infection concernIn a presentation to Parliament two weeks ago, the Department of Health raised concerns about the lack of ventilators, News24 reported. The department said the country would need 7 000 ventilators when peak infection was expected to hit the country, in about September. Without the lockdown, the department estimated that the country would have hit peak infection in July. A spokesperson for the Limpopo health department, Neil Shikambana, said it was not clear why the figure was so high, but two factors could play a role.

Source: News 24 April 28, 2020 03:56 UTC