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Johannesburg – South Africa now has 4 361 confirmed the Covid-19 cases and 7 more deaths related to the virus, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize confirmed on Saturday.
This is an increase of 141 new infections since Friday.
On Friday there was an increase of 267 new cases, while on Thursday it had 318 new infections, the highest jump since the virus entered the coasts of South Africa in March.
The seven new deaths are as follows: 4 of the Eastern Cape, 2 of the Western Cape and one of Limpopo
The Western Cape has the highest number of confirmed cases and the highest number of deaths in the country.
The country has also recorded more than 1,400 recoveries, with more than 800 recoveries recorded in Gauteng and around 200 between the Western Cape and KZN.
The minister said that The total number of tests carried out to date was 161,004, of which 8,614 were carried out in the last 24 hours. These figures include the public and private health sector.
CONFIRMED CASES BY PROVINCE:
WESTERN CAPE – 1514
GAUTENG – 1304
KWAZULU – NATAL – 847
EASTERN CAPE – 488
FREE STATE – 111
LIMPOPO – 30
NORTHWEST – 28
MPUMALANGA – 23
CAPE NORTH – 16
NOT ASSIGNED – 0
Mkhize reminded South Africans that while the country is grappling with the coronavirus, it could not afford to forget that the government was committed to eradicating malaria by 2023, and that many of the strategies implemented against the virus stemmed from their fight. against malaria. policies
World Malaria Day is celebrated annually on April 25.
“The World Health Organization has made an important call to minimize interruptions to Malaria prevention and treatment services during the Covid-19 pandemic. Not do this could undo the progress that has already been made and lead to the doubling of malaria this year’s cases compared to 2018, according to the WHO model analysis, “Mkhize said.
“In fact, many of the policies applied to Covid-19 were lessons from the campaign to eliminate malaria by 2023: community screening and testing; the deployment of nets treated with insecticides and residual fumigation indoors at the community level; multisectoral and Multinational cooperation for malaria prevention and treatment tools are strategies that they have been adopted and modified for the accelerated and concerted global effort against Covid-19 “.
South Africa is currently on Day 30 of its Level 5 block, which will end in late April. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Thursday night that the closure would be reduced to Level 4 starting May 1, allowing more companies to return to work. The sale of cigarettes would also be allowed starting next Friday.
Cooperative Governance Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel announced on Saturday that hot take-out foods could also be sold starting Friday, but only for delivery.
Dlamini-Zuma said that people should disinfect the product packaging when the products are delivered to them.
When you receive the package, disinfect the package and your hands. This means that if we are receiving more things delivered, we have to take additional precautions.
“We have to make sure we take those precautions, which you should take when you go shopping as well,” she said.
He also warned that the country could again find itself in the Level 5 blockade if people did not behave responsibly.
“If we don’t stick to public health conditions and the virus starts to accelerate, the government will have no choice but to quickly return to Tier 5. If we stick to all the things that need to be done, we can wait for Tier 4 and finally the Level 3, “said the minister.
Dlamini-Zuma said that when the Level 4 blockade is implemented next Friday, the entire country will be at that level. At a later stage, he said, it was possible that other provinces could be at different levels of closure.
She said that if the numbers started to decrease or stabilize, the National Coronavirus Command Council could reduce the blockage to Level 3.
“It is all in our South African hands, we must make that decision ourselves,” he said.
Interprovincial travel is not yet allowed, but people who travel to funerals, who return to work or school, will be able to travel.
“Whatever that is, you still stay where you are,” said NDZ
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