“This morning we wake South Africans up with sad news that we now have our first deaths resulting from COVID-19,” Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said in a statement.
He said the two people died in the Western Cape province, as the country went under a nationwide 21-day lockdown that took effect at midnight.
The minister promised to release more details later “when we announce the latest confirmed COVID-19 cases, which have increased from yesterday’s number and have tipped the 1,000 mark”.
On Friday, the country reported 927 confirmed cases, a more than 30 percent jump from the previous day.
In a bid to halt the spread, some 57 million people have been ordered to stay at home during the three-week total lockdown.
But many people defied the order — going about business as usual while some lined up outside food stores or queing up for transport at bus terminals on Friday morning.
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