EDITORIAL | Ramaphosa's address fails to deliver on substance and detailHere are the nine things you need to know from his address:South Africa would have seen 80 000 infections already without lockdownWithout a national lockdown, South Africa would have seen 80 000 infections by now, Ramaphosa said. He said while South Africa mourned the loss of 219 lives due to the virus, the number of deaths would have been eight times higher without the lockdown. Without the lockdown, Ramaphosa added, South Africa's health facilities would have been overwhelmed and many thousands more people would have died. Ramaphosa added the number of confirmed infections in South Africa was around 181 people per million of the population. "It is significant that out of the 12 074 confirmed cases in South Africa, we have recorded 4 745 recoveries."

Source: News 24 May 13, 2020 20:48 UTC