Cape Town - The Western Cape has recorded an additional six Covid-19 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths from coronavirus in the province to 58, Premier Alan Winde said on Sunday.
As of 1pm on 3 May, the Western Cape has recorded 3113 confirmed cases of Covid-19 infection.
On Saturday Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced that South Africa has a total of 6336 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 123 people have died from the coronavirus since the country's first case was confirmed on March 5.
In the Western Cape, the Western and Tygerberg subdistricts in the Cape Town Metropole and the Witzenberg district were still hotspots.
Winde said that on Saturday the province recorded a record number of tests - with 4 059 completed in a 24-hour period.
"Focused testing and screening, conducted at hotspots, or in pockets of infection are key in our fight to flatten the curve and to stop the spread. This cannot however be achieved through testing alone, and requires the buy in and help of everyone in society.
"It is still necessary for people to stay home in line with the regulation four guidelines, to wash their hands and to practice social distancing."
Winde said that cloth masks are compulsory as many more people return to work on Monday in line with the easing of lockdown regulations to Level 4.
"We urge those returning to work and businesses that will be re-opening to make hygiene and safety their number one priority. The use of cloth masks is mandatory and social distancing must be observed. The Western Cape Departments of Health, Economic Opportunities and Agriculture are all currently working on developing protocols for various sectors, which will be communicated with them soon.
"Businesses looking for support and adtvice on the level four lockdown regulations and what they mean for them, can email [email protected]," the Premier said.
Minister of Employment and Labour Thulas Nxesi on Sunday briefed the country on back to work readiness ahead of the first working day on Level 4 lockdown since President Cyril Ramaphosa eased South Africa coronavirus lockdown regulations.
"In returning to work it cannot be business as usual," Nxesi said adding that he had issued a direction that sets out the measures that employers must take to prevent the transmission of Covid-19 in workplaces "and these, we must emphasize are minimum measures. Employers are able to go beyond that". Read more here