South Africa’s number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has increased from 1170 to 1187 on Saturday .
This was announced by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize in a statement on Saturday night.
“We must outrightly state that these numbers do not indicate a reduction in the number of infections. It is merely a reflection of positive results that were received, verified and ready for today’s reporting,” he said.
He said he was worried that many of those infected are doctors and nurses.
“We have noted with concern a number of confirmed Covid-19 cases of health workers who work both in the private and public hospitals.This includes doctors and nurses. We mention this because health workers are in the frontline of this battle”.
The provincial breakdown of confirmed cases is:
Gauteng — 533 Western Cape — 271 KwaZulu-Natal — 156 Free State — 68 North West — 6 Mpumalanga — 10
