India, March 31 -- The country reported 1,326 positive COVID-19 cases, including three deaths, as on March 31, 2020

Four days after South Africa entered a nationwide lockdown to control the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, the government has rolled out door-to-door screening and testing, tracing and medical management programme on a massive scale.

South Africa reported 1,326 positive cases, including three deaths, as on March 31, 2020. It accounted for 28 per cent of cases in Africa - the highest in the continent.

As on March 30, 2020, the continent had over 4,700 cases, according to Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).

President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his address to the nation on March 30, said the...