The Western Cape has reduced its Covid-19 testing backlog to zero. The Western Cape health department has made public a breakdown of the comorbidities associated with the province's Covid-19 deaths. The Western Cape government has announced that it has cleared the province's Covid-19 testing backlog. In recent weeks, questions have been raised about government's testing strategy when it was revealed that there was a testing backlog of over 96 000. READ | 'Breakthrough': Mkhize optimistic over new Covid-19 treatmentIn the Western Cape, the current death "doubling time" was eight to 10 days.

Source: News 24 June 18, 2020 14:10 UTC