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Johannesburg: Almost six out of 10 new infections registered on Saturday came from the Western Cape province, data released by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize show.
In terms of deaths, there were 8 new deaths, with all but one, from the Western Cape province. The other death came from the KwaZulu-Natal province.
This means that just under 60% of South Africa’s 525 new infections come from the province, which also has the majority of cases and deaths in the country.
Most of the other cases came from the Eastern Cape, with 89, Gauteng, 60, and KZN, 54.
Officials from the national health department, along with Mkhize, were in the Western Cape on Saturday, the province with the highest number of cases and deaths. The province has 95 deaths and 4809 infections.
Next week, President Cyril Ramaphosa and Mkhize will visit both provinces as Covid-19 continues to spread rapidly, while deaths are also increasing dramatically.
In numbers, the Western Cape had 312 of the 525 new infections and seven of the eight new Covid-19 deaths were also from the province.
LAST BREAKDOWN
|
New deaths |
New cases |
Total cases |
Total deaths |
|
|
South Africa |
8 |
525 |
9420 |
186 |
|
west cape |
7 7 |
312 |
4809 |
95 |
|
Gauteng |
0 0 |
60 60 |
1910 |
18 years |
|
KZN |
one |
54 |
1308 |
43 |
|
Eastern Cape |
3 |
89 |
1078 |
18 years |
|
Free State |
0 0 |
one |
134 |
6 6 |
|
Mpumalanga |
0 0 |
one |
61 |
0 0 |
|
Limpopo |
0 0 |
7 7 |
51 |
3 |
|
It is not this one |
0 0 |
0 0 |
41 |
0 0 |
|
Cape N |
0 0 |
one |
28 |
0 0 |
South Africa had conducted more than 324,000 tests, of which more than 16,000 were conducted in the past 24 hours.
As of Friday, Mkhize said 8.2 million people had been examined.
Mkhize said that in terms of Covid-19 patients who were in the hospital, there were a total of 435.
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45 patients in high care
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77 in the ICU
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40 in fans
MESS
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