KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala is confident that the province is ready to downgrade to Level 3 of the national lockdown.
Speaking during a media briefing on Sunday, Zikalala said the number of recoveries in KZN stand at 806 and this renewed hope that Covid-19 can be beaten.
"A trend we are worried about and working to stop. While areas that were affected more initially were urban we now note an increase in townships and still less of the increase in the rural areas. We need to work more curb the spread in EThekwini, Ilembe and Umgungundlovu as these are to be closely monitored. eThekwini has 866 of the province’s positive cases, followed by Ilembe at 326, and Umgungundlovu at 64," he said.
He said KZN was preparing for Level 3 lockdown as per the instruction of President Cyril Ramaphosa, which is set to come into effect at the end of the month.
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