According to Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, South Africa's confirmed Covid19 cases now stand at 138 134, an increase of more than 6000 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. Gauteng currently has 36 895 confirmed coronavirus cases as of Sunday.
Durban - Gauteng is expected to emerge as the country's Covid-19 epicentre within the coming days.
He said it could also be from increased congregating, which spur cluster outbreaks as well as people adapting to wearing masks and practising social distancing. "The surge that has been witnessed in the past two weeks has developed due to seeding of infections carried in by members of the community as they moved back into the workplace. It was therefore inevitable that there would be cluster outbreaks as infections spilled over from communities into places of congregation such as mines, factories, taxis and busses," he said.
Mkhize said in the next few days, the testing backlog will be cleared and numbers seen will be based on a shorter turnaround time.
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