Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize listening on as President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the KZN Provincial Command Coucil COVID-19 briefing at the Agricultural Royal Showgrounds in Pietermaritzburg [Photo: GCIS]
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said the total number of COVID-19 cases are at 177 124 as of Friday 3 July 2020.
Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize listening on as President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the KZN Provincial Command Coucil COVID-19 briefing at the Agricultural Royal Showgrounds in Pietermaritzburg [Photo: GCIS]
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, on Friday 3 July, announced that the confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa have risen to 177 124. This is an increase of 9 063, as the total number of confirmed cases stood at 168 061 on Thursday 2 July.
Mkhize announced an updated death toll of 2 952. This is an increase of 108 as it stood at 2 844 on Thursday 2 July. The mortality rate is currently at 1.7%.
“Regrettably, we report a further 108 COVID-19 related deaths – three from the Northern Cape, eight from the Eastern Cape, 29 from the North West, 10 from KwaZulu-Natal and 58 from the Western Cape.”
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize
A total of 1 745 153 tests have been conducted to date with 39 025 tests done in the last 24 hours. There have been 86 298 recoveries thus far.
The following confirmed COVID-19 cases have been detected in each province as of Friday:
This comes to a total of 177 124 confirmed cases.
The following confirmed COVID-19-related deaths have been detected in each province as of Friday:
Mkhize announced the latest COVID-19 recoveries as follows:
During a visit to Mpumalanga on Friday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said another hard lockdown– level 5– is not being considered for now.
Ramaphosa said this during a visit to the Ehlanzeni District Municipality in order to assess Mpumalanga’s provincial response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Another hard lockdown is not being considered for now, the issue of jobs lost concerns us. Other countries are experiencing even bigger losses. We are developing various other ways of responding to this.”
Cyril Ramaphosa
The president also said we should ask fellow citizens why they’re not wearing masks if that’s the case. He said we should hold each other accountable regarding lockdown regulations and COVID-19 guidelines.
“A good strategy here in Mpumalanga is that embers of the community are accountable to one another. If we see one person not adhering to the protocols, like not wearing a mask, we should ask them why they are not adhering to the guidelines,” he added.