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Winde asks Mkhize to relax some WC restrictions as COVID-19 cases decline
There' been a 19% drop in cases in Cape Town and an 18% reduction in rural cases.
Clocking in long hours and often having to endure dangerous working conditions, medical personnel have been on the frontline battling the epidemic.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that the ban had assisted in opening up facilities to caring for COVID-19 patients and it was not yet time to resume the alcohol trade.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that prioritising taxi drivers would assist the country to reach herd immunity through vaccination.
The 501Y.V2 variant is making the rounds during the second wave of the coronavirus in South Africa.
The Health Department reported that 441 more people had died after contracting the virus - with the death toll now at 31,809.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that alcohol abuse and the related unnecessary trauma that it often brought with it had been filling up ICU beds, especially in COVID-19 hotspots across the country.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, together with health experts and scientists, presented new findings on Friday showing that the variant was spreading more rapidly and was responsible for the second wave.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize is briefing the media on the latest developments regarding the coronavirus pandemic.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize held a media briefing to announce that South Africa was now experiencing a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The total number of new cases identified on Wednesday was 6,079. This brings the total number of cumulative cases to 828,592.
Speaking in a virtual address, the minister said that the number of infections had increased around the country, with a significant increase over the past 24 hours of 6,079 infections.
The annual sale usually sees hordes of people gathering at shopping malls and the like. This year, of course, it's very different.
Provincial health authorities said that 1,277 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the province on Wednesday.
The province’s recoveries and active cases were left out of Wednesday night’s update by national government and were expected to be added once the figures are scrutinised.
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize told Parliament the Eastern Cape was responsible for between 50 and 55% of new positive cases being identified each day.
South Africa has recorded 2,080 new coronavirus cases, pushing the total number of infections since the outbreak to more than 769,000.
Over the last 24-hour cycle, 3,105 new COVID-19 infections were identified, bringing the total number of cases to over 762,000.
The cumulative number of infections now stands on 757,000 cases with the Eastern Cape and Western Cape showing a spike in the number of infections per day.
Some provinces, including the Eastern Cape, are seeing an alarming rise in infections.