We now have 1,280 cases of coronavirus in South Africa, with two deaths. Worldwide the toll is 724,201 cases with 34,026 deaths.
A case in Khayalitsha in Cape Town is being reported as the first diagnosed in a township.
The disease has also spread to health workers, Zweli Mkhize reported: “We have noted with concern a number of confirmed Covid-19 cases of health workers who work both in private and public hospitals.”