15 April 2020 As at today, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa is 2506. The total number of tests conducted to date is 90 515. The provincial breakdown is as follows: GAUTENG 930 WESTERN CAPE 657 KWAZULU – NATAL 519 EASTERN CAPE 199 FREE STATE 97 LIMPOPO 25 NORTH WEST […]
Media Release 12 April 2020 As at today, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa is 2173. This is an increase of 145 from the previously reported cases. The total number of tests conducted to date is 80 085. We are also seeing an increase in tests conducted at public laboratories. Of […]
8 April 2020 As at today, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is 1845. This is an increase of 96 from the previously reported cases. The provincial breakdown is as follows: GAUTENG 782 WESTERN CAPE 495 KWAZULU – NATAL 354 FREE STATE 88 EASTERN CAPE 45 LIMPOPO 21 MPUMALANGA 21 NORTH WEST 15 NORTHERN […]
6 April 2020 As at today, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is 1686. This is an increase of 31 from the previously reported cases. The provincial breakdown is as follows: GAUTENG 713 WESTERN CAPE 462 KWAZULU – NATAL 257 FREE STATE 89 EASTERN CAPE 32 LIMPOPO 19 MPUMALANGA 18 NORTH WEST 11 NORTHERN […]
4 April 2020 As at today, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is 1585. This is an increase of 80 from the previously reported cases. The provincial breakdown is as follows: GAUTENG 693 WESTERN CAPE 433 KWAZULU – NATAL 232 FREE STATE 85 NORTH WEST 11 MPUMALANGA 18 LIMPOPO 18 EASTERN CAPE 25 NORTHERN […]
Media Release 28 March 2020 Fellow South Africans, as at today, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is 1187. We must outrightly state that these numbers do not indicate a reduction in the number of infections. It is merely a reflection of positive results that were received, verified and ready for today’s reporting. The […]
27 March 2020 Today, South Africa has 1170 confirmed cases. This is an increase of 243 new cases from yesterday’s announcement. The total number of tests conducted to date is 28 537. REPORTED DEATHS: This morning we reported that two deaths had occurred as a result of the COVID-19 virus. The first patient was a […]
What is COVID-19? Human Coronaviruses are common throughout the world. There are many different coronaviruses identified in animals but only a small number of these can cause disease in humans. On 7 January 2020, ‘Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2’ (SARS-CoV-2) was confirmed as the causative agent of ‘Coronavirus Disease 2019’ or COVID-19. The majority […]
