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COVID-19 in South Africa: 8th June

Before we begin we’d like to take a moment to explain what is happening here.

“Why is a technology news website covering COVID-19 news,” is a question we’re bound to receive so we’re going to address it right here.

Regulations published by Stella Ndabeni-Abraham states that “all internet sites operating within .zaDNA top level domain name must have a landing page with a visible link to www.sacoronavirus.co.za”.

As we fall under that regulation, we are required to link to the Department of Health’s website but we’re taking that a step further.

Every morning and every afternoon we will publish an update regarding COVID-19 in South Africa. For the purpose of these updates we will refer solely to the following sources of information:

We understand that folks are doing amazing things with data-viz and there are comments from experts that can help, but our goal with these updates is to provide you, our reader, with accurate information from trusted sources. If the source is not reliable, it will not be linked here.

We will also be placing a banner on our home page which you can click at any time to be directed to www.sacoronavirus.co.za.

Our latest update follows on below:

Ever since South Africa entered alert level 3 of lockdown at the beginning of the month, the number of positive COVID-19 cases in the country has risen steeply. The latest spike over weekend has seen the number of cases rise to 48 285, according to the new statistics released by the National Department of Health.

Equally concerning is the number of deaths in the country, which sits perilously close to the 1k mark, with 998 fatalities recorded as of Sunday, the NDoH says.

As has been the case over the past couple of months, it is the Western Cape which has seen the largest number of COVID-19 cases in the country, with the province sitting at 31 824 currently.

Sitting second and third are the Eastern Cape and Gauteng, each recording 5 974 and 5 946 respectively.

Perhaps most worryingly for the NDoH, there has also been an increase in the number of cases among healthcare workers.

The only solace is the fact that the NDoH has been able to report a recovery rate of just over 50 percent, with 24 364 recoveries from the 48 285 cases.

The full break down of cases, recoveries and deaths per province is as follows:

Province Confirmed Cases Recoveries Active cases Deaths
Western Cape 31 824 17 366 14 458 774
Eastern Cape 5 974 2 666 3 308 101
Northern Cape 114 41 73 1
Free State 361 152 209 9
KwaZulu-Natal 3 108 1 378 1 730 61
North West 523 73 450 1
Mpumalanga 189 102 87 1
Gauteng 5 946 2 428 3 518 47
Limpopo 227 158 69 3
Unknown 19 19
TOTAL 48 285 24 364 23 921 998

As always, in order to stay up to date with the spread of COVID-19 in South Africa and abroad, we advise the following materials and platforms:

[Image – Photo by Martha Dominguez de Gouveia on Unsplash]

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