CAPE TOWN - The Covid-19 pandemic continues to grip South Africa with fears of an exponential rise in infections. As a result President Cyril Ramaphosa authorised a 21-day National lockdown from Thursday in an attempt to slow the infection rate and transmission of the virus.
These are the numbers so far ;
- Total number of infections -
1170
- Total number of deaths -
1
- Total number of tests conducted -
28 537
- Total number of patients in hospitals (both public and private) :
55
- Total number of patients in ICU :
4
- Total number of patients in ventilation :
3
- Total number of recoveries :
31
- Contacts of the patients that have been identified :
4 407
- Contacts of the patients that have been traced :
3 465
*Latest numbers at time of publication
CORONAVIRUS MONITOR