Only one Covid-19 death in SA, says Zweli Mkhize
A total of 55 people are in hospital (both private and public); four people are in ICU; three are on ventilators; and there have been 31 recoveries
27 March 2020 - 23:28
Only one person has died from Covid-19 in SA, health minister Zweli Mkhize confirmed late on Friday, after test results revealed that a second death was not related to the virus.
Earlier, Mkhize announced that there had been two deaths in the Western Cape, with premier Alan Winde confirming that two women aged 28 and 48 had died on Friday morning. At a later briefing, however, minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu said that one of the deaths was still a “suspected” case...
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