The ANC in the Western Cape called on Friday for the urgent return of level 5 lockdown in the province, home to 56% of the country's confirmed Covid-19 cases.
Ntombizakithi Ngidi, a nurse at Tygerberg Hospital, was one of 11 new victims reported on Friday, taking the provincial death toll to 87 .A second nurse has died of Covid-19 in the Western Cape, premier Alan Winde said on Friday.Tygerberg Hospital, was one of 11 new victims reported on Friday, taking the provincial death toll to 87 .
“The ANC wants special lockdown measures tightened during these extraordinary times to lower the fast growth in death, hospitalisation and confirmation rates in this province,” he said. “Mass congregation of people during time to walk or practise for sport in the mornings has become a source of further concern. This might cause more infections in a strained province.”
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