{"id":383787,"date":"2020-03-22T20:24:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T18:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=383787"},"modified":"2020-03-23T08:56:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T06:56:59","slug":"274-confirmed-cases-of-coronavirus-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/383787\/274-confirmed-cases-of-coronavirus-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"274 confirmed cases of coronavirus in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As of Sunday, 22 March, South Africa now has 274 confirmed cases of Covid-19, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced &#8211; an increase of 34 from Saturday&#8217;s announcement.<\/p>\n<p>The minister has also released additional information about the infections in the country, including the age profiles of those affected.<\/p>\n<p>The virus has so far affected more men than women in South Africa, with the majority of cases in those aged between 30 and 60 years old.<\/p>\n<p>As of Sunday, there have been 338,259 cases reported worldwide, with 14,457 deaths. 96,958 people have recovered from the virus, but 226,844 remain infected, with 10,314 in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Italy has overtaken China in terms of deaths as a result of the virus, with alarming numbers reported each day. The USA, meanwhile, is recording the most number of new cases, with the latest jump over 13,000.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-383921\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1482\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus1.png 1482w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus1-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus1-1024x453.png 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus1-768x339.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus1-1200x530.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1482px) 100vw, 1482px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is where the new cases in South Africa were found:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eastern Cape Province: 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 22-year-old male who travelled to Austria, Germany and the United Kingdom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Free State Province: 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 49-year-old female with no international travel history<\/li>\n<li>A 26-year-old male with pending travel history<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Gauteng Province: 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 58-year-old male who travelled to Pakistan and Dubai<\/li>\n<li>A 49-year-old male with no international travel history<\/li>\n<li>A 28-year-old female with no international travel history<\/li>\n<li>A 24-year-old male with no international travel history<\/li>\n<li>A 33-year-old female who travelled to the United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>A 22-year-old male who travelled to Mauritius<\/li>\n<li>A 40-year-old male with pending travel history<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>KwaZulu-Natal Province: 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 39-year-old male who travelled to the United Kingdom, Austria and Dubai<\/li>\n<li>A 47-year-old male who travelled to France<\/li>\n<li>A 45-year-old male who travelled to Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria<\/li>\n<li>A 40-year old male who travelled to France and Austria<\/li>\n<li>A 44-year-old male with no international travel history<\/li>\n<li>A 55-year-old male with pending travel history<\/li>\n<li>A 68-year-old male who travelled to Austria<\/li>\n<li>A 49-year-old female with no international travel history<\/li>\n<li>A 32-year-old female who travelled to Italy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mpumalanga Province: 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 25-year-old male who travelled to France, Germany and the Netherlands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Western Cape Province: 14<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 44-year-old female who travelled to the United Kingdom, Austria and Dubai<\/li>\n<li>A 33-year-old female with no international travel history<\/li>\n<li>A 24-year-old female with no international travel history<\/li>\n<li>A 53-year-old female who travelled to the United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>A 57-year-old male who travelled to the United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>A 30-year-old male who travelled to Italy and Switzerland<\/li>\n<li>A 28-year-old female who travelled to Italy and Switzerland<\/li>\n<li>A 62-year-old male who travelled to Switzerland<\/li>\n<li>A 30-year-old male with no international travel history<\/li>\n<li>A 71-year-old male who travelled to Portugal<\/li>\n<li>A 47-year-old female with no international travel history<\/li>\n<li>A 57-year-old male with no international travel history<\/li>\n<li>A 54-year-old male who travelled to Italy<\/li>\n<li>A 49-year-old female who travelled to Italy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Address delayed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South African president Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s Sunday address to the nation \u2013 over matters relating to the Covid-19 coronavirus \u2013 has been postponed to Monday.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"post-text\">Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu said that it<\/span> is in the interest of South Africans that the president address the nation after he is properly advised.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"post-text\">Mthembu<\/span>\u00a0said that the president\u2019s meetings are expected to continue late into the night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmong other issues is to look at the affect on our people by this coronavirus and how do we mitigate against that affect. So that is the issue before the national command council,\u201d said Mthembu.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/383705\/south-africa-has-taken-strong-steps-to-stop-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-but-what-about-the-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Questions remain<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0over how the coronavirus will impact the economy, which slipped into a technical recession in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The full release is below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;\"><a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"View Latest Confirmed Cases 22 March on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/452777181\/Latest-Confirmed-Cases-22-March#from_embed\">Latest Confirmed Cases 22 March<\/a> by <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"View BusinessTech's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/413742166\/BusinessTech#from_embed\">BusinessTech<\/a> on Scribd<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"doc_42232\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"Latest Confirmed Cases 22 March\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/452777181\/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=scroll&amp;access_key=key-fjb3xBsdZeAkG6bJPmnz\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-auto-height=\"false\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7068965517241379\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/383775\/ramaphosa-to-address-the-nation-on-monday-over-coronavirus-as-moodys-rating-looms\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ramaphosa to address the nation on Monday over coronavirus \u2013 as Moody\u2019s rating looms<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of Sunday, 22 March, South Africa now has 274 confirmed cases of Covid-19, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced &#8211; an increase of 34 from Saturday&#8217;s announcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":381937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-383787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383787"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383931,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383787\/revisions\/383931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}