The department on Wednesday announced on its Twitter account that the number includes eight family physicians, three health technology specialists, one epidemiologist and one biostatistician. This comes as the number of those infected by the Covid-19 in the province nears 30 with 16 recoveries and zero reported deaths. There have been over half a million screenings across the province and 530 tests conducted with only 81 pending cases and 1 patient hospitalised due to the virus. Meanwhile, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Tuesday announced that there are 4996 confirmed cases of Covid-19 reported in the country and the death toll rose to 93.

The MEC for Health in the province, Madoda Sambatha, also announced that the greatest number of those who recovered, is 13 in the Bojanala District Municipality, which includes Rustenburg.  A 21-year-old woman from Bloemhof is amongst those who have recovered. She was infected with the virus while attending a church service in Bloemfontein in the Free State.

He added that a doctor in Klerksdorp was amongst those who have recovered from the virus in the province. The doctor allegedly came into contact with 100 people, including 44 employees and 56 patients, at the hospitals where he works as a gynaecologist. 

Sambatha announced that all 44 employees who came into contact with the doctor, self-quarantined and they tested negative for Covid-19. He further added that the provincial department's tracing team managed to trace all 56 patients of the doctor and only two showed Covid-19 symptoms but they also tested negative for the virus.

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