Western Cape infections up nearly 6% as screening sets a new record

Western Cape Covid-19 infections rose by 5.8% on Friday to 743, premier Alan Winde announced.

Western Cape premier Alan Winde posted photographs on Friday April 17 of Garden Route municipality staff packing food for needy people, and announced that the province had 13 Covid-19 deaths.Covid-19 infections in the Western Cape rose by 5.8% on Friday to 743, premier Alan Winde said.

aged 43, 51, 56, 59, 68 and 86. Western Cape Covid-19 deaths number 13, while 205 patients have recovered. The eastern suburbs of Cape Town, which are mainly on the Cape Flats, now have 147 cases, about a quarter of the city's total.This brings the total number of people screened in the province to 41,099, with 2,782 people tested since community screenings started at the beginning of the month,” said Winde.

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