CAPE TOWN, Apr 23 (NNN-BUANEWS) – South Africa, on Wednesday, reported seven more deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing its death toll to 65.
Five of the deaths occurred in the Western Cape province and two in KwaZulu-Natal, Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize, said, in his latest update on the pandemic.
Meanwhile, the total number of confirmed cases in the country stood at 3,635, up by 170 from Tuesday’s figure, the minister said.
Gauteng remains the epicentre of the outbreak with 1,224 cases, followed by Western Cape with 1,079 and KwaZulu-Natal with 758.
The Nelson Mandela Bay metropolitan municipality, in the Eastern Cape province, witnessed a rapid rise in caseload, recording a total of 167 cases as well as six deaths, according to the minister.
With a total of 377 cases, the Eastern Cape is identified as a new hot-spot of virus infections, involving many people who were believed to be infected, while attending funerals.
Mkhize said, mass community testing is operating nationwide, with 133,774 tests conducted to date and 6,868 done in the last 24 hours.– NNN-BUANEWS
