COVID-19 cases rise to 240

As of Saturday 21 March 2020, South Africa now has 240 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

This means there has been an increase of 38 from Friday’s announcement of 202 cases.

Among the new cases, is the Eastern Cape’s first confirmed case.

“This patient is a 28 year-old female who had travelled to Germany,” said the Health Department on Saturday.

Under the age category, the “age unknown’ case is a patient who did not put his age on the lab form. The information is being obtained from the treating doctor.

The details of the cases are as follows:

Gauteng: 16

• A 55 year-old male with pending travel history
• A 26 year-old male with pending travel history
• A 34 year-old female with pending travel history
• A 43 year-old female with pending travel history
• A 61 year-old male with pending travel history
• A 6 year-old female with pending travel history
• A 29 year-old female with pending travel history
• A 45 year-old female with pending travel history
• A 64 year-old female with pending travel history
• A 67 year-old male who travelled to France and Ethiopia
• A 39 year-old male who travelled to the UK
• A 72 year-old female who travelled to Belgium and Netherlands
• A 41 year-old male who travelled to France and Italy
• A 37 year-old female with pending travel history
• A 30 year-old female who travelled to the UK and Netherlands
• A male who travelled to France

KwaZulu-Natal: 3

• A 59 year-old male with pending travel history
• A 68 year-old male with pending travel history
• A 26 year-old female who travelled to the UK and USA

Eastern Cape: 1

• A 28 year-old female who travelled to Germany

Western Cape: 18

• A 30 year-old female who travelled to Ireland
• A 57 year-old female who travelled to Germany and Switzerland
• A 55 year-old male who travelled to France and Switzerland
• A 74 year-old female who travelled to the UK
• A 52 year-old male with pending travel history
• A 44 year-old male who travelled to USA
• A 26 year-old female who travelled to the UK
• A 57 year-old male who travelled to Spain
• A 36 year-old male who travelled to the UK and France
• A 40 year-old female with pending travel history
• A 52 year-old female who travelled to the UK
• A 48 year-old female who travelled to the UK
• A 39 year-old male who travelled to Ireland
• A 36 year-old male with pending travel history
• A 55 year-old female with pending travel history
• A 35 year-old male who travelled to Austria and Germany
• A 65 year-old female who travelled to the UK
• A 34 year-old male with pending travel history