A Chatsworth man, believed to be the first person to have tested positive for Covid-19 in the sprawling south Durban township, has died nearly two months after contracting the virus
Image:A Chatsworth man, believed to be the first person from the sprawling south Durban township to test positive for Covid-19, has died nearly two months after contracting the virus.
Local councillor Previn Vedan told TimesLIVE the 46-year-old man's funeral was set to take place on Thursday. When news of the man testing positive broke, his family had to deal with a panicked community while in self-isolation. He was initially admitted to RK Khan Hospital with flu-like symptoms and then transferred to Grey's hospital in Pietermaritzburg - a state facility that has been identified as a treatment centre for Covid-19.Community activist Visvin Reddy said: “Up until now, the only person known to me who tested positive for the virus was this gentleman.Social media platforms were abuzz with news of the man's death.
One community WhatsApp group posted: “Despite his valiant fight ... he had suffered complications from which there could be no recovery.”
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