Thursday marked day 273 of the nationwide lockdown, and South Africa recorded a whopping 14 046 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, bringing the total confirmed cases to 954 258.
Health Minister, Dr. Zweli Mkhize said that all
provinces, with the exception of the Eastern Cape, continue to report increases
in their cases with KwaZulu Natal, Western Cape and Gauteng registering the
largest increases and comprising 81% of the new cases (30%, 28% and 23%
respectively).
Sadly, 411 more people succumbed to the
coronavirus in the country. Of these, the Western Cape recorded the most
fatalities with 171, followed by the Eastern Cape with 101, 90 in Kwa-Zulu
Natal, Gauteng with 34 more deaths, the Mpumalanga & North West province
each saw 6 more people dying of COVID-19, and the Free State with 3. This
brings the total COVID-19 death toll in South Africa to 25 657.
On an encouraging note, 811 372 people
recovered from the coronavirus in South Africa.
Mkhize warned citizens that his team intends to
review the current restrictions and consider further measures to stop the
spread of the coronavirus.
“We must warn South Africans that we will need
to review the current restrictions and consider further measures to ensure that
we curb this alarming rate of spread.”
"We can never stress enough the need for
citizens to take every precaution necessary as we celebrate the festive season
and look for reprieve from a tough year. Unfortunately, COVID-19 is unrelenting
and we therefore cannot afford to be complacent at this stage," added
Mkhize.
Done By: Mitchum George
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