South Africa has experienced a 20% reduction in new COVID-19 cases in the last week, from 16 000 a week to 12 800 a week. Gauteng is still the leading province with 38.4% of new cases followed by the Western Cape at 20% and KwaZulu-Natal at 15.5%. According to the Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla, in the past week all provinces have reported a decline in weekly incidence risk except for KwaZulu-Natal which showed no change. “The percentage testing positive in the last week was highest in Mpumalanga at 14% followed by Western Cape at 12.6%, North West at 10.5% while all other provinces had a …

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