An increase of 17 has been registered in the past 24 hours, which is scary. Although, perhaps not scary enough to adhere to a nationwide lockdown. Friday marked our first day of lockdown. The South African Police Service (SAPS) with the assistance of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has been instructed to make sure citizens adhere to the 21-day lockdown.
Police Minister Bheki Cele indicated that there were 55 arrests across the country on day one of lockdown. These arrests were made for not adhering to the lockdown regulations, which ultimately state that one should remain indoors.
Coronavirus cases by province:
- Gauteng – 533 cases;
- Western Cape – 271 cases;
- KwaZulu-Natal – 156 cases;
- Free State – 68 cases;
- North West – 6 cases;
- Mpumalanga – 10 cases;
- Limpopo – 11 cases;
- Eastern Cape – 10;
- Northern Cape – 5; and
- Unallocated – 117
