SA'S NUMBER OF COVID-19 CASES LOWER THAN EXPECTED.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says thousands more were expected to have been infected by now and this was encouraging.

In terms of models government is working off, they had been anticipating 4,000 to 5,000 confirmed infections by 2 April. The country has however recorded 1,380 cases.

But it is still too early to infer from this that the interventions are working. It is all dependent on the flattening of the curve.

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Mkhize said that with 39,500 patients tested, the country was expanding its capacity to test more people and ensure access to the medical care by those who needed it.

"We have increased the capacity and found more equipment to create more capacity that allows us to test as many people [as possible]."

He added that while around 4,000 infections were expected by this week, government was still working hard to increase the number of beds at public facilities.

The minister indicated life would not go back to normal when South Africa completed its 21 days of a national lockdown.

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These are positive signs indeed of healing. In China also.

I noticed new cases slowing down.