Gauteng Premier David Makhura calls for a harder lock-down amidst spike in Covid-19 infections

SAfm — While President Cyril Ramaphosa urges South Africans not to panic as COVID 19 infections rise rapidly -- some are calling for a return to higher levels of lockdown. South Africa has registered its highest number of infections to date within a 24-hour cycle. The number of confirmed cases has risen by over eight-thousand, bringing the national total to nearly 159-thousand-400. The number of COVID19-related fatalities stands at over two-thousand-700.