Health Minister, Dr. Zweli Mkhize confirms the cases to have risen to 1462 as of 02 April 2020.
“..It’s quiet an increase” Zweli said. Zweli says the COVID-19 battle can be defeated. “We can fight the COVID-19”
The minister implemented door-to-door testing strategy for achieving more tests
“We’ll a wall to wall approach, where they test as many people as possible, going from house to house”
Today marks the 7th day of the lockdown,
Current Stats
- Confirmed cases – 1462 – an increase of 82
- Deaths confirmed – 5
- Recoveries – 45
“We are still observing that the increase of cases is below what we had initially projected and we believe this is due to the restriction we have placed on movement and border crossing.”
“until we have a clear sense of what is happening in our densely populated areas, in particular townships, we should not be lulled into complacency but continue to venture forth in full combat by proactively conducting wall to wall testing and finding all COVID-19 affected people in the country” continued Zweli in a statement.
