The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases have escalated to 51, after Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced that 13 more people had been diagnosed.

This comes after 14 new cases were confirmed yesterday.

“As of today, 15 March 2020, the total number of confirmed cases is now 51. This 8means that our numbers have increased by 13 since yesterday’s announcement.” Said Mkhize.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to issue a statement on Sunday, following an urgent cabinet meeting convened to address the concerning increase in cases.

If you are based in Gauteng, the Western Cape and Kwazulu Natal, you might want to take extra precautionary measures to protect yourself, while government remains hesitant of implement stringent measures.

See below, the breakdown per province is as follows:

GAUTENG: 7

⁃A 60 year old male who had travelled to Iran.

⁃A 36 year old male who had travelled to the UK

⁃A 54 year old male who had travelled to Switzerland

⁃A 27 year old male who had travelled to the UK

⁃A 21 year old female who had travelled to Germany

⁃A 53 year old female who had travelled to Germany

⁃A 29 year old male who had travelled to Switzerland

WESTERN CAPE: 5

⁃A 35 year old female who had travelled to Germany and Austria

⁃A 42 year old female who had travelled to Spain, Switzerland and the UK

⁃A 50 year old male who had travelled to the Netherlands

⁃A 33 year old male who had travelled to Switzerland

⁃A 35 year old male who had travelled to Austria

KWAZULU-NATAL: 1

⁃A 34 year old male who had travelled to the UK

From yesterday’s cases, Gauteng confirmed 7, Western Cape 6 and Kwazulu Natal 1.

It’s not yet clear whether Ramaphosa will finally announce a travel ban and other strict measure in order to curb the global pandemic from spreading further.