South Africa's coronavirus cases are projected to reach 400,000 by mid-July.
This is contained in a report by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases which has painted a grim picture of the damage the virus could further cause in the country.As it stands, confirmed positive cases are sitting at 106,108 with 2,101 deaths.“The model projects that if testing patterns remain unchanged there may be more than 408,000 detected cases by mid-July. However, prioritisation of testing may result in a reduction in detected cases to approximately 133,000,” the report states.
The report expects Gauteng cases to surge to 115,000 with 520 deaths while in KwaZulu-Natal 16,700 cases and 270 deaths were expected by mid-July. The Northern Cape, which has so far managed to contain the virus, is expected to have 720 cases and 15 deaths by next month with the North West’s cases expected to be around 23,300 with 480 deaths.
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