Forty-three more people have died from the coronavirus in the country, taking the death toll to 524. The health department has announced 649 new cases on Tuesday night. The total number of positive cases now stands at 24,264. Almost 606,000 tests have been conducted to date.
Recoveries stand at 12,741. The Western Cape still has the highest number of positive cases with 15,829 cases followed by Gauteng with 3,043 cases and the Eastern Cape with 2,864 cases.
#COVID19 Statistics as at 26 May 2020. pic.twitter.com/BBnQvJwFIY
— Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) May 26, 2020
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In other news – Lockdown Level 3: South Africa is going against WHO
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Tuesday confirmed that the lockdown was being eased despite the World Health Organization (WHO) stating that the country should wait for a decline in Covid-19 cases and a lower rate of infections.
“We had to move on and re-open even though those situations have not arisen,” Mkhize said when briefing the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on the pandemic. Read more
Source: eNCA
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