BY NUMBERS: How Durban Metro is dealing Covid-19 pandemic

In just over a month, the coronavirus pandemic has killed 19 people in the eThekwini region and 660 people are currently fighting the virus. DailyNewsSA lockdown

Durban - IN JUST over a month, the coronavirus pandemic has killed 19 people in the eThekwini region and 660 people are currently fighting the virus.

Kaunda said 181 people in the region had recovered from the virus from March 8 to May 10. He also announced that the economic impact of the virus and lockdown had cost the city R1.5 billion in lost revenue until the end of April, and unfunded expenditure totalled R565 million. DA portfolio committee member Haniff Hoosen asked why the municipality was increasing its employees’ salaries and giving them bonuses in the current economic situation.

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