Ramaphosa said that, without the lockdown, studies showed that at least 80,000 South Africans could have been infected by now and the death toll could have been “eight times higher”.
This is according to Ramaphosa, who was addressing South Africans on Wednesday night.
On Tuesday, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said that there were 11,350 cases across the country, with more than half coming from the Western Cape.
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