Ramaphosa to address nation tonight
The President is due to update us on the government's response to the coronavirus crisis.
The country has surpassed the quarter of a million mark in the number of confirmed cases.
There were 13,497 new infections in the last 24 hours - with Gauteng accounting for 44 percent of these.
KZN posted over 2 300 new cases.
Nationally, 264,184 cases have been recorded - with 3 971 deaths.
Last week - Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said we were in the eye of the storm of this pandemic.
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He said the country should brace for a major hike in infections over the coming weeks, as we approach the peak.
The time of Cyril Ramaphosa's address is yet to be confirmed.
The Sunday Times is reporting that the President will announce the reintroduction of a night time curfew, among other tighter restrictions, in a bid to rein in the rate of transmission.
