South Africa ’s New Coronary Pneumonia Cases Diagnosis Breaks into Western Cape and Becomes “Severely Affected Area”

　　Title: (Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) South Africa's New Coronary Pneumonia Cases Diagnosis Breaks Through Western Cape and Becomes "Severely Affected Area"

　　China News Agency, Johannesburg, May 10 (Reporter Wang Xi) South African Minister of Health Mukez reported on the evening of the 10th that 595 newly confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia were added, bringing the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa to more than 10,000, reaching 10015 example.

　　Mukez also reported that there were 8 new cases of new coronary pneumonia deaths in South Africa on the 10th, and the total number of deaths is 194. In addition, South Africa is currently testing a total of 341,336 people for the New Coronary Pneumonia virus, and testing 17,257 people in a single day is the highest record in South Africa.

　　On the 1st of this month, in order to achieve economic recovery, the South African government lowered the "blockade order" for the new coronary pneumonia epidemic from the most severe fifth level to the fourth level, allowing people to have limited outdoor activities. But the increase in confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa soon rose sharply. There were 663 newly confirmed cases on May 8th, which became the biggest increase in a single day.

　　Up to now, as the "severe disaster area" of South Africa's new coronary pneumonia, Western Cape with Cape Town as the provincial capital has 5168 confirmed cases, and Gauteng, where Pretoria and Johannesburg are located, is ranked second with 1952 cases. KwaZulu-Natal province where Durban is located ranked third with 1353 confirmed cases.

　　In response to the current epidemic, Mukez has previously warned that people living in large cities in South Africa may have to prepare for the longer and stricter epidemic restrictions because all metropolitan areas are facing great new coronary pneumonia Spread the risk. In the future, the South African government will also formulate matching and targeted epidemic prevention measures based on the specific risk status of each province and region. (Finish)