{"id":392849,"date":"2020-04-25T20:19:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T18:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=392849"},"modified":"2020-04-25T20:38:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T18:38:08","slug":"4361-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-in-south-africa-as-deaths-climb-to-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/392849\/4361-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-in-south-africa-as-deaths-climb-to-86\/","title":{"rendered":"4,361 confirmed coronavirus cases in South Africa \u2013 as deaths climb to 86"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that there are now 4,361 positive Covid-19 cases in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>This is up from the 4,220 Covid-19 cases announced on Friday by the minister, meaning a rise of 141 cases over the past 24-hours, with the country having seen nearly 600 infections in the prior 48-hour period.<\/p>\n<p>Mkhize also reported that the number of deaths from the coronavirus now stands at 86, up from the 79 deaths reported on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The seven additional deaths included four people from the Eastern Cape, two from the Western Cape, and one soul from Limpopo.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said that 161,004 tests have been conducted to date.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Cape has the most cases of infections, with 1,514, followed by Gauteng, with 1,304 cases.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As at today the total confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Covid_19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Covid_19<\/a> Cases are 4361 and total number of deaths is 86. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1ucc7xyVbw\">pic.twitter.com\/1ucc7xyVbw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr Zweli Mkhize (@DrZweliMkhize) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrZweliMkhize\/status\/1254108225991041024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Globally, coronavirus cases has reached approximately 2.85 million infections, with around 198,000 deaths, and\u00a0 812,000 recoveries.<\/p>\n<p>Catching Covid-19 once may not protect you from getting it again, according to the World Health Organisation, a finding that could jeopardize efforts to allow people to return to work after recovering from the virus, Bloomberg reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from Covid-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection,\u201d the United Nations agency said in an April 24 statement.<\/p>\n<p>The WHO guidance came after some governments suggested that people who have antibodies to the coronavirus could be issued an \u201cimmunity passport\u201d or \u201crisk-free certificate\u201d that would allow them to travel or return to work, based on the assumption that they were safe from re-infection, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>People issued such a certificate could ignore public-health guidance, increasing the risk of the disease spreading further.<\/p>\n<p><strong>South Africa\u2019s level 4 lockdown restrictions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Government has published a document with the full details of the country\u2019s lockdown levels, as the country gets ready to enter level 4 from 1 May 2020.<\/p>\n<p>As announced by president Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday evening (23 April), the country is moving towards a graded alert level system, to determine how strict the country\u2019s lockdown restrictions will be as it continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic, while re-igniting the economy.<\/p>\n<p>To aid in this measured approach, the country will adopt a risk-adjusted strategy made up of five levels, that will determine the risk and infection rate nationally, and in each province, district and metropolitan area.<\/p>\n<p>The approach has been guided by scientists and experts, who have warned that a sudden end to the lockdown will lead to a massive increase in the number of infections, the president said.<\/p>\n<p>That document can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/392831\/read-south-africas-full-level-4-lockdown-restrictions-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/392715\/these-are-the-people-that-will-be-allowed-to-return-to-work-from-1-may\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">These are the people that will be allowed to return to work from 1 May<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that there are now 4,361 positive Covid-19 cases in South 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