By Levy Masiteng
Laboratory-confirmed mpox cases have risen to 22, with Cape Town and the Western Cape accounting for most infections as health authorities step up surveillance and contact tracing.
The Department of Health said the four additional cases brought the Western Cape’s confirmed total to 18, while Gauteng has recorded three cases and KwaZulu-Natal one. All but one of the confirmed patients are male.
The latest update includes a 47-year-old Cape Town man who recently travelled to Spain and had previously been classified as a probable case while health authorities awaited laboratory results.
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“Following confirmation of a positive test, the case has been reclassified as laboratory-confirmed and included in the updated count,” Department of Health spokesperson Foster Mohale said.
The department said the other three cases included two imported infections involving German and Norwegian
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