Your latest coronavirus news: SA cases hit 150, but we are staring to see recoveries; science confirms the new virus is not man made; and Italy now has the highest number of deaths.

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SA
Cases update:
The latest number of confirmed cases is 150.Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, the Western Cape, Limpopo and Mpumalanga are still the affected provinces so far.

The province with the most cases is Gauteng with 76 confirmed cases.

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Before he announced stringent lockdown measures to combat the novel coronavirus, President Cyril Ramaphosa was told that a slow and inadequate response by government to the outbreak, could result in anywhere between 87 900 and 351 000 deaths in South Africa and cause the health system to be overwhelmed.

News24 has seen the epidemiological projections prepared for the department of health and government that catapulted severe state action. These projections formed the basis of Ramaphosa’s and the Cabinet’s plans to combat the novel coronavirus, which as of Wednesday night had infected 116 South Africans.

Since the projections were presented to Ramaphosa and Cabinet, the government has announced a range of dramatic regulations and interventions to prevent the spread of the virus.

The calculations presented to Ramaphosa are based on an infection rate of 10%, 20% and 40% of the population and factors in a slow or non-existent response by authorities.