Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has urged shoppers to buy online as much as possible ahead of Black Friday. He called on retailers to ensure measures are in place to limit the risk of Covid-19 infection. Meanwhile Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize is on his way to the Eastern Cape to help deal with the resurgence in positive cases of COVID-19. He told Parliament the Eastern Cape was responsible for between 50 and 55% of new positive cases being identified each day.

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The Western Cape Government is deeply concerned about the growing number of Covid-19 infections and hospitalisations in the province, which can now be considered as an established resurgence. A resurgence is when the number of active cases increase, week-on-week, by more than 20%. Over the last week alone, the province has witnessed a 52.1% jump in new cases, with an established pattern over time. Premier Alan Winde says this growth is primarily driven by two districts in the Western Cape: the Garden Route and the Cape Metro.
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The Western Cape has reported more than 990 new covid-19 infections in the last 24-hour monitoring period. The overall infection-rate in the province now stands at more than 126,000 cases, with more than 114,000 that have already recovered. Currently, only 7,241 people still have active forms of the infection. To date, 4,573 people have died from covid-19 related complications.

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