This is where South Africa's 165 new infections come from | Day26ofLockdown
Johannesburg - The Western Cape became the second province to surpass 1000 confirmed coronavirus cases on Tuesday, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize revealed.
This means that Gauteng, with 1199 cases, and the Western Cape, with 1010, account for more than 60% of the countries confirmed Covid-19 cases. The country has 3465 confirmed cases as of Tuesday, with 58 fatalities so far. Most of the fatalities have come from the coastal KZN and Western Cape provinces, so far. KZN - 671 cases - 32 new casesMpumalanga - 24 cases - 1 new case Tuesday’s breakdown showed that there were no new fatalities, but the Western Cape accounted for more than 40% of the 165 new cases.
“The biggest risk of spread that has been identified is the cultural practices occurring at funerals. We engaged with the provincial executive led by Premier Oscar Mabuyane together with the Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba. “We immediately took a decision to urgently deploy more medical experts including senior epidemiologists, analysts and field consultants to reinforce the provincial team, led by Dr Kerrigan McCarthy from the NICD,” said Mkhize.
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