The province accounts for 13.3% of infections nationally, with 1,534 confirmed cases of coronavirus, 22 deaths and 632 recoveries.
In its efforts to ramp up the fight against Covid-19, the Eastern Cape government is pumping more than R50 million into its health department to upgrade the infrastructure at 28 major hospitals across the province, the Office of the Premier announced in a statement on Thursday.
Port Elizabeth and East London remain the hot spots for the virus with eight and six deaths, respectively.
“The Eastern Cape Provincial Coronavirus Command Council welcomed the work being done by the provincial public works and infrastructure department, emphasising the importance of all infrastructure projects meeting targets set for their completion.”
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