Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Thursday said South Africa had recorded 58,568 Covid-19 infections while the health services have carried out one million tests for the virus. Mkhize said passing the one-million mark was a milestone and "no small feat". "I would also like to thank the labs for all the hard work that is being done now to clear the backlog and improve turnaround times for processing specimens," he […]
As of Sunday, the number of confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in South Africa is 48,285 with 2312 new cases identified. Forty-six new Covid-19-related deaths were reported, bringing the total to 998, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said. The provincial breakdown was as follows: Eastern Cape - 5974 (12.4 percent) Free State - 361 (0.7) Gauteng - 5946 (12.3) KwaZulu-Natal - 3108 (6.4) Limpopo - 227 (0.5) Mpumalanga - 189 (0.4) […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday he was worried about the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the country and defended a lockdown that has remained in place since March 27 to try and slow transmissions down, although some rules have since been relaxed. Separately, the chief executive of one of the country's leading business groups said she was concerned that the social unity crucial in fighting the […]
The minister of health on Tuesday has announced that the cumulative number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa is now 35,812, with 755 deaths from the disease. The Western Cape has 23,583 cases, followed by the Eastern Cape with 4,324 cases, Gauteng with 4,276, KwaZulu-Natal with 2,637, Free State (299), North West (271), Limpopo (193), Mpumalanga (132) and Northern Cape with 91 cases. The minister said in his daily […]
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in South Africa increased by 1716 in the past 24-hour testing cycle to 32,683, with 40 new Covid-19-related deaths bringing the total to 683 as of Sunday, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said. The provincial breakdown was as follows: Eastern Cape - 3927 (12 percent) Free State - 278 (0.9) Gauteng - 4003 (12.2) KwaZulu-Natal - 2545 (7.8) Limpopo - 177 (0.5) Mpumalanga - […]
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Thursday has said he is concerned by the high number of Covid-19 cases in the Western Cape, saying the government would have to adopt measures to deal more strongly with "cluster outbreaks" of infections in the province. Mkhize on Thursday announced that the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases had increased to 8,232, a jump of 424 infections within 24 hours. A provincial breakdown of […]
The total number of Covid-19 infections in South Africa have increased to 2,415, the ministry of health said on Tuesday. The figure marks an increase of 143 on the tally given by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Monday evening. South Africa has so far recorded 27 fatalities related to the virus, with Mkhize on Monday signalling concern that one of the latest victims was a 57-year-old man with no evident […]
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