This means there has been an increase of 34 positive cases from the announcement earlier today.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced that the Free State Province now has its first confirmed cases. “The patients are being informed as we speak, some have already been taken into quarantine by the Provincial Government. We will fully disclose the numbers of these cases tomorrow, once all the patients are aware,”Mkhize said.
Free State Province has its first
confirmed cases. The patients are being informed as we speak, some have already been taken into quarantine by the Provincial Government. We will fully disclose the numbers of these cases tomorrow, once all the patients are aware.— NICD (@nicd_sa) March 19, 2020
According to the department of health the breakdown per province is as follows:
GAUTENG: 15
-A 41 year old female who had travelled to DRC
-A 43 year old female who had travelled to the UK
-A 54 year old female who had travelled to the UK
-A 58 year old male who had travelled to the UK
-A 38 year old male who had travelled to France
-A 70 year old female who had travelled to USA
– A 30 year old male who had travelled to Spain
-A 45 year old male who had travelled to DRC
-A 85 year old male who had travelled to Switzerland
-A 64 year old male who had travelled to Vietnam and Thailand
-A 41 year old male who had travelled to Netherlands
-A 37 year old female with no international travel history
-A 23 year old male with no contact details on lab form, information being obtained from the private doctor
-A 5 year old female with no contact details on lab form, information being obtained from the private doctor
-A 44 year old male with no contact details on lab form, information being obtained from the private doctor
KWAZULU-NATAL:3
-A 71 year old female who had travelled to the UK
-A 26 year old male who had travelled to Mexico and USA
-A 29 year old female with no contact details on lab form, information being obtained from private doctor
MPUMALANGA:1
-A 56 year old female who had travelled to France
WESTERN CAPE:15
-A 53 year old female who had travelled to the UK
-A 30 year old male who had travelled to Netherlands and Qatar
-A 45 year old male who had travelled to Mexico
-A 70 year old female who had travelled to USA
-A 25 year old female who travelled to the UK
-A 37 year old female who travelled to the UK
-A 43 year old female who travelled to USA
-A 31 year old male who travelled to the Spain and Netherlands
-A 53 year old female who travelled to the Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic and Germany
-A 22 year old female who travelled to the UK
-A 63 year old male who travelled to the Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic and Germany
-A 22 year old female who travelled to Spain and Netherlands
-A 32 year old male who travelled to USA
-A 37 year old male with no contact details on lab form,
-A 53 year old male with no international travel history
Mkhize also said he is pleased to inform the public that we are now seeing recoveries of previously reported COVID-19 cases. “We are in the process of conducting further confirmation tests and medical examinations then we formally inform the public on the numbers of recoveries. At this stage, most of the patients are recovering well.”
