On Wednesday, the Health Ministry confirmed that six more patients had tested positive for coronavirus - taking the number of infected people to 13.
All of the new infected coronavirus patients had all travelled back to the country from Europe. The minister made the announcement on Wednesday morning. From the six new Covid-19 patients, four are based in Gauteng, while one each were from the KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape provinces. "All the patients have now been advised. Those who are symptomatic have started receiving treatment. Some of these patients are already in hospital while some, specifically those who are asymptomatic are in self quarantine. Contact tracing has also started for all these cases. It is also noteworthy that to date, 642 tests have been conducted. More information relating to these cases will be communicated.