South Africa on Thursday tightened Covid-19 rules in the Eastern Cape province where infections are rising the most, curbing movement and gatherings, but decided against reinstating a nationwide lockdown. President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a televised address that the curfew in the eastern Nelson Mandela Bay area would now run from 22:00 to 04:00, while indoor gatherings would be limited to 100 people and alcohol consumption in public was prohibited. South Africa has recorded the highest number of coronavirus infections on the African continent, with more than 760 000 confirmed cases and more than 20 000 deaths. New cases nationally rose to an average of 2 900 cases a day in the last week of November from 1 500 new daily cases in the first week of that month.
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