Minister Zweli Mkhize confirms 10 008 more cases of Coronavirus COVID-19
16 December 2020
Fellow South Africans, today we have breached the ten thousand mark for new cases. Our daily cases are growing exponentially. Our positivity rate is sitting at 21%.
This far exceeds the ideal positivity rate of 10%.
Today alone we’ve seen a significant increase in the daily numbers, with the Western Cape continuing to lead and now breaching the 3000 mark for the first time this week. 7 other provinces reported increases today whilst Eastern Cape reported a decrease in their new cases today.
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