Cabinet has welcomed the drop in the number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases over the past few weeks and the improved recovery rate that now stands at 87%. <\/p>\n
In a statement following a virtual meeting held on Wednesday, Cabinet said it noted the declining number of people requiring admission in hospitals and the decreasing demand for COVID-19 tests.<\/p>\n
The executive has thanked all South Africans for playing their part in adhering to restrictions to flatten the curve.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe commend the dedication and sacrifice of all health professionals, who have been our frontline defence against the virus,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n
SAnews<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>reported on Thursday that South Africa has further dropped in global rankings and is now eighth in the world when it comes to the number of COVID-19 cases. <\/p>\n The number of confirmed Coronavirus infections is 642 431, with 15 168 recorded deaths to date.<\/p>\n \u201cLet us build on the momentum of this encouraging news and continue to work together to consistently do the right things, such as practising social distancing, wearing a mask when in public, and washing hands with soap and water or using an alcohol-based hand sanitiser,\u201d Cabinet pleaded.<\/p>\n It also encourage citizens to download the free COVID Alert SA app from the Apple Store or Google Play.<\/p>\n This is the initiative by the Department of Health to keep track of any person who had been exposed to someone with COVID-19.<\/p>\n \u201cThe app strengthens our nation\u2019s fight against the spread of the virus.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Cabinet has approved the extension of the national state of disaster to 15 October 2020, in terms of Section 27(5)(c) of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (57 of 2002).<\/p>\n \u201cThis is to continue giving effect to the regulations that remain relevant to manage the spread of COVID-19 infections,\u201d Cabinet said. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cabinet has welcomed the drop in the number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases over the past few weeks and the improved recovery rate that now stands at 87%. In a statement following a virtual meeting held on Wednesday, Cabinet said it noted the declining number of people requiring admission in hospitals and the decreasing demand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-165341","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-sanews","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}