South Africa has suffered another 333 COVID 19 deaths - taking the death toll to 61 thousand 840. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says the test positivity rate has top 30 percent - six times the rate at which the virus is said to be under control.  The NICD says 16 thousand 585 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded. Gauteng accounts for 57 percent of the new cases, followed by the Western Cape at 11 percent. To find out how the authorities are handling the situation as hospitals keep reporting increasing numbers, we are joined on the line by….

 

Guest: Prof Mosa Moshabela, Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research and Innovation - University Of Kwa-Zulu Natal