SA records 13 500 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, 111 deaths

Johannesburg - As the number of positive cases of Covid-19 in South Africa continues to spike, the National Department of Health today announced that the country now has 264 184Of the 111 new deaths reported on Saturday, 38 were from the Western Cape, 30Eastern Cape, 26 from Gauteng and 13 from KwaZulu-Natal. South Africa's Covid-19 death toll now stands at 3 971.

The Western Cape, which was previously the worst affected province, now has 77 339 positive cases and still has the highest death toll at 2 333.Neighbourhood watches help fight Covid-19 in Western Cape The pilot programme initially includes the 15 Neighbourhood Watches in Khayelitsha, but will be rolled out to an additional 23 neighbourhood watches in the Eastern, Tygerberg, Klipfontein and Southern hotspot areas.

"They have received training from Medicins Sans Frontiers, and the starter kits include sanitisers, bottles for the sanitiser, masks, branded Neighbourhood Watch T-shirts and tape that will allow them to mark out lines for social distancing."Health Minister Zweli Mkhize earlier today paid tribute to Ricardo Mthembu, the spokesperson for the African National Congress in KwaZulu Natal, who died after Covid-19 complications on Wednesday, earlier this week.

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