According to the Gauteng department of health, the city has recorded the highest number of positive cases with 575.
Gauteng remains the epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, recording a total of 969 cases, with 479 recoveries as of Thursday.According to the Gauteng department of health, Johannesburg has recorded the highest number of positive cases with 575.
Ekurhuleni has 180 cases, Tshwane 109, West Rand 35, Sedibeng eight, and there have been 62 unallocated cases. The department’s spokesperson, Kwara Kekana, said contact numbers and addresses would be obtained from law enforcement, provincial outbreak teams and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases .
“We are able to make corrections where a case may have been incorrectly allocated to a particular district,” Kekana said.This was confirmed by Premier David Makhura on Thursday, who explained that before the lockdown 52% of confirmed cases were in Gauteng. He said the lockdown had slowed down the rate of infection.
He also said community health workers were continuing to screen and test people in high density areas.
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