The number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in South Africa has risen to 150, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday.
"The level of infection has now risen to 150 and that is concerning for us because that already tells us that if you extrapolate that, it could start rising in greater numbers, which then reinforces our message about social distancing," Ramaphosa said.
This means that the number of known infections has increased by 34 since Tuesday.
Ramaphosa urged all South Africans, government officials included, to abide by regulations barring people from gathering in groups of more than 100 to curb the spread of the virus.
The department of health has voiced concern over the increasing number of local transmissions, two weeks after the country reported its first case of Covid-19.
The early cases were all people who had returned from high incidence countries abroad.
On Thursday morning, the University of Cape Town confirmed that a second member of its staff had tested positive for the virus, and said the infection was transmitted through contact with the first staff member who contracted Covid-19.
- African News Agency (ANA)
