Covid-19 has now infected 2,783 in SA, and has killed 50
In a statement on Friday, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that 2,783 people have now contracted coronavirus in SA.
Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize briefs media about South Africa’s plans to fight the coronavirus before it reaches our shores, at the Southern Sun OR Tambo in Kempton Park, 1 March 2020. Picture: Neil McCartney
It is an overall increase of 178.
Gauteng also passed the dubious milestone of 1,000 cases for the first time.
More than 100,000 tests have been done.
Two more deaths took the total to 50. Both cases were logged in the Western Cape and the health department expressed its condolences to the families of the deceased.
Gauteng had 1 018 confirmed cases, the Western Cape 717, KwaZulu-Natal 591, Eastern Cape 246, Free State 100, Limpopo 26, North West 24, Mpumalanga 23, Northern Cape 16, and 22 cases were unallocated.
Numbers released by Western Cape premier Alan Winde showed that 13 of South Africa’s 50 deaths were recorded in the province, while 33 were being treated in hospital.
Of these, 16 were in the intensive care unit.
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