Health ministry confirm record high Covid-19 cases, 10K in 24 hours
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Covid-19 cases hit record high in over a month now at 5 digits high. Health Minister Dr Mkhize said the ministry recorded 10 008 new cases in the last 24 hours.
This takes the total nu!Ber of confirmed cases to 883 687.
“Today alone we’ve seen a significant increase in the daily numbers, with the Western Cape continuing to lead and now breaching the 3000 mark for the first time this week. 7 other provinces reported increases today whilst Eastern Cape reported a decrease in their new cases today.”
This is according to minister Mkhize who also said that the Western Cape had the most increase number of case of 448, from 2 785 to 3 233 in just 24 hours.
Eastern Cape moved from being the recent epicenter to now recording a decline of 337 cases, moving from 1 956 to 1 619.
“We continue to assess the entire country and where we identify risks, we will engage and make a determination if further containment measures or restrictions are required” said the Minister.
The details are as follows:
Increase in WC (from 2 785 yesterday to 3 233 today)
Increase in KZN (from 1 152 yesterday to 2 743 today)
Increase in GP (from 1 278 yesterday to 1 795 today)
Increase in NW (from 152 yesterday to 182 today)
Increase in LP (from 59 yesterday to 154 today)
Increase in MP (from 67 yesterday to 146 today)
Increase in FS (from 67 yesterday to 88 today)
Increase in NC (from 36 yesterday to 56 today)
Decrease in EC (from 1 956 yesterday to 1 619 today)
