SA’s Covid-19 cases up to 240 as the Eastern Cape records its first patient

The health ministry announced on Saturday that there are now 240 cases of Covid-19 in SA.This is an increase of 38 from Friday’s announcement.

The Eastern Cape’s first patient is a 28-year-old female who had travelled to Germany.

An official from the Eastern Cape health department confirmed that the woman works for Mercedes-Benz. She has been quarantined with her boyfriend in Beacon Bay, near East London.

Gauteng still has the most cases in the country with 125, followed by the Western Cape (74) and KwaZulu-Natal (27). Other provinces with confirmed cases are the Free State (7), Mpumalanga (5), Limpopo (1), and the Eastern Cape (1).

The details of the new cases are as follows:

GAUTENG: 16 cases

55-year-old male with pending travel history
26-year-old male with pending travel history
34-year-old female with pending travel history
43-year-old female with pending travel history
61-year-old male with pending travel history
Six-year-old female with pending travel history
29-year-old female with pending travel history
45-year-old female with pending travel history
64-year-old female with pending travel history
67-year-old male who travelled to France and Ethiopia
39-year-old male who travelled to the UK
72-year-old female who travelled to Belgium and Netherlands
41-year-old male who travelled to France and Italy
37-year-old female with pending travel history
30-year-old female who travelled to the UK and Netherlands
A male who travelled to France
KWAZULU-NATAL: 3 cases

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 case

A 28-year-old female who travelled to Germany
WESTERN CAPE: 18 cases

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

Eastern Cape 1
Free State 7
Gauteng 125
KwaZulu-Natal 27
Limpopo 1
Mpumalanga 5
Western Cape 74