Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize announced that the Free State has recorded four new cases with the total number in the county surpassing 400. He says the country has now 402 confirmed cases. This means that the three provinces in Central South Africa have19 confirmed coronavirus cases, with the North West and Hartswater, in the Northern Cape, recording its first cases. The country has recorded an increase of  128 cases since yesterday after 34 were recorded on Sunday, taking the tally to 274.  Gauteng Province now has 207 confirmed cases and the Western Cape has 100. President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to address the nation later this afternoon.

Meanwhile, on Saturday, the Provincial Health MEC, Montsheng Tsiu, announced that the test results of two Brandwag School pupils, whose mother tested positive, came back negative and they have been cleared.

She also announced that the Divine Restoration Ministries’ congregants in Bloemfontein went through a massive screening and 9 people showed symptoms. She added that they screened 62 people and 53 were cleared.

This is a developing story.

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