Health MEC Madoda Sambatha said North West is faced with 'cluster infections and it is very dominant at funerals where people do not obey rules'.
Rustenburg - The 52-year-old North West man who died a Covid-19-related death suffered from several additional health complications.
"We are saddened to report that on Monday, 11 May 2020, the province reported its first Covid-19-related death. The deceased is a 52-year-old male from Rustenburg who presented with severe respiratory distress, hypertension, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease," North West Health Department spokesperson Tebogo Lekgethwane said in a statement.
The province has recorded 51 cases, with a total of 24 people recovering. Of the recoveries, 16 are in Bojanala District, five in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, two in Ngaka Modiri Molema and one in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati. Sambatha said: "Do not be deceived by the low number of Covid-19 cases in the North West province. What we are faced with now is cluster infections and it is very dominant at funerals where people do not obey rules.
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