HEALTH MINISTER Dr Zweli Mkhize has revealed that the Eastern Cape has overtaken Gauteng with the second highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in South Africa, sparking fears among nurses and community members.
Mkhize announced that the Eastern Cape now has 4 324 confirmed cases. This means that it has 48 more cases than Gauteng (4 276), the country’s economic hub and most populous province.
He noted that the Western Cape’s tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases now stands at 23 583. The province, which is the epicentre of the pandemic in South Africa, accounts for almost two-thirds of the country’s 35 812 confirmed cases thus far (as of Tuesday).
Majority of these cases were from Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, OR Tambo and Chris Hani districts.
The number of healthcare workers who tested positive for COVID-19 were 170.
The provincial health department said the burden of SARS-Cov-2 among healthcare workers is highly under-estimated
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