Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla says laboratory-confirmed cholera cases are spread over three provinces, Limpopo, Free State and Gauteng, with Gauteng being the epicenter of the outbreak.
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He says there are 99 confirmed cases in Tshwane, with seven of those confirmed in the last 24 hours. The number of deaths has also declined with two deaths recorded in the last seven days. “ There is a definite decline in terms of overall cases, secondly in terms of those confirmed even those of diarrhoea, serious illness very significant decline. People are coming early even those with symptoms, and we do not have any, even in Jubilee seriously ill patients. A few who had been there the previous week had been attended to, some were transferred to Steve Biko hospital, others to George Mukahri and many of those have been discharged, there is a definite downward trend.
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