COVID-19 infections increase to 202
Updated | By Jacaranda FM News
The number of people who have tested positive for the COVID-19 Coronavirus in the country increases from 150 to 202 on Friday.
The Minister of Health, Zweli Mkhize was speaking in Bloemfontein where he has met with the Free State government to discuss the first cases in that province.
The rural province has recorded its first 7 COVID-19 infections since the pandemic hit the country.
Mkhize says a health worker who works in a number of hospitals in Bloemfontein has tested positive for the virus.
"We have already identified a number of patients that she has looked after so that we can identify the possible source. The patients will also be screened," says the minister.
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