JOHANNESBURG – The total number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in South Africa on Saturday increased to 9,420, with eight new deaths, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has announced.
Mkhize made the announcement during a media briefing in the Western Cape. This after he met with Premier Alan Winde and provincial Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo to discuss the province’s COVID-19 response.
#Covid19 Mkhize addresses the media. He says he’s in the WC because govt is concerned about tbe rapid spread of Covid19 in the province. SF pic.twitter.com/Ai0CADtemo “We are saddened to report eight new deaths, seven from the Western Cape and one from KZN. We have also been advised that one of the deceased was a nurse at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town. We pay special tribute to this health worker,” Mkhize said through a statement.
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