KwaZulu-Natal premier Sihle Zikalala on Sunday revealed that more than 450 health-care workers have tested positive for Covid-19 in the province.
“A week ago, we had 5,030 confirmed cases, 84 deaths, and 2,594 recoveries. This means that in the past week, 2,756 people have tested positive, 28 sadly lost their lives, while 823 thankfully recovered. The most common recorded co-morbidities among the deceased are hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Nine of the deceased were reported to have been HIV positive,” Zikalala said.“The median number of cases reported in the province is 30 cases daily.
“iLembe district is now the third-highest district in terms of infection rates provincially. The district had a slight decrease in the number of new cases for the past two weeks,” Zikalala said.“We have noted that eThekwini south subdistrict has had the highest curve with 1,493 cases, followed by the northern subdistrict with 1,223, while the western subdistrict has registered the fewest cases at 554.
“In uMgungundlovu, the concerning subdistricts are uMsunduzi subdistrict with 646 cases, and uMngeni with 57 cases. Before June, the other five subdistricts were reporting zero cases daily. However, as of June even these subdistricts started to report new cases on a daily basis.”
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