South Africa on Wednesday recorded its single biggest 24-hour jump in Covid-19 cases, as the tally surged to 5,350.
"While this is well noted, the interpretation of the rate of spread is more reasonably assessed by studying trends over time.""This is the highest number of tests done in a 24-hour period, representing a 66% increase relative to the previous day’s tally," said Mkhize.
Of the deaths, three were in Gauteng, four in the Western Cape, two in KZN and one in the Eastern Cape.an 82-year-old female with underlying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who presented with acute renal failure and a concomitant urinary tract infection; and `an 80-year-old male with underlying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who presented with fever and shortness of breath.a 57-year-old male with underlying hypertension who presented with fever and shortness of breath;a 58-year-old female with poorly controlled hypertension who presented with fever and shortness of breath; and
a 33-year-old female presenting with flu-like symptoms and low blood oxygen, who had no previously diagnosed co-morbidities but was subsequently diagnosed with acute myocarditis .an 89-year-old female who had underlying conditions of hypertension, diabetes and cardiac disease; andThe Eastern Cape death was of a 39-year-old female who presented with pneumonia. She was a person living with HIV with superadded tuberculosis and cryptococcal meningitis.
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