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464 Covid-19 cases in WCape – Alan Winde

Premier says 20 people admitted to hospital, with nine receiving care in ICU

Premier Alan Winde gives day 10 update on Coronavirus COVID-19 in Western Cape

5 April 2020

Case update:

As at 00h01 on 05 April 2020, the Western Cape had recorded 464 Covid-19 infections.  

As we all strive to stop the spread of the Coronavirus by staying at home and abiding by the lock-down, let’s have in our minds the lives we will each save if we all work together. We are staying home for ourselves, our family and friends, our children, our grandmas and grandpas, for the healthcare workers who are facing this virus head on and need our help to flatten the curve, and for our fellow men and women across South Africa.

Sub Districts Cape Town Metro:

Sub-district

Cases

Western

145

Southern

118

Northern

25

Tygerberg

35

Eastern

19

Klipfontein

17

Mitchells Plain

6

Khayelitsha

3

Total

368

Sub Districts Non-Metro:

District

 Sub-district

Cases

Garden Route

Bitou

5

Garden Route

Knysna

12

Garden Route

George

12

Garden Route

Hessequa

5

Garden Route

Mossel Bay

14

Garden Route

Oudtshoorn

2

Cape Winelands

Stellenbosch

16

Cape Winelands

Drakenstein

6

Cape Winelands

Breede Valley

5

Cape Winelands

Langeberg

1

Overberg

Overstrand

9

Overberg

Theewaterskloof

1

West Coast

Saldanha Bay Municipality

2

West Coast

Swartland

2

Unallocated: 4

As at 12h00 on 05 April 2020, we have 20 people admitted to hospital for Covid-19, with nine receiving care in ICU.

A message from the Western Cape Minister of Health

Western Cape Health Minister, Nomafrench Mbombo said: "With cases of Covid-19 spreading throughout the province, doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers are on the frontlines of the pandemic as they care for these patients in our hospitals. The best way we can thank them is by staying home.

“Our medical students are also pitching in to provide Coronavirus education on the phone. They are facing enormous challenges, yet they are responding with courage, resolve and professionalism.  Their dedication is a true inspiration.

“Today, I would like to thank our EMS staff, physicians, nurses, community health workers and all healthcare workers and support staff who are caring for the most vulnerable among us.”

For the latest news and information on the Coronavirus in the Western Cape visit: https://www.westerncape.gov.za/department-of-health/coronavirus

Issued by Francine Higham on behalf of Premier Alan Winde, 5 April 2020