This was revealed in a breakdown of figures by the Gauteng health department on Saturday morning. “The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases for Gauteng is 801 as of 10 April 2020 with the number of recoveries at 157,” Kwara Kekana, the spokesperson for Health MEC Bandile Masuku, said in a statement.
The breakdown of people who have tested positive for Covid-19, by district, is as follows:
440 in Johannesburg;
111 in Ekurhuleni;
90 in Tshwane;
12 in the West Rand; and
six in Sedibeng.
The Gauteng Department of Health has added a Covid-19 feature to its Mpilo-Healthcare mobile app which offers self-screening to its users.
“We urge all those with handsets to use the app to ensure there’s seamless and easy screening by the public. We will be able to get that information and communicate with those that we think need to be tested,” the health ministry said.
