South Africa has only one confirmed death from Covid-19, the Health Minister Zweli Mkhize clarified late on Friday. He has explained the confusion:
Durban - South Africa has only one confirmed death from Covid-19, the Health Minister Zweli Mkhize clarified late on Friday.
Earlier on Friday, the Department of Health had announced that two women from the Western Cape, aged 28 and 48, had died from the coronavirus. However, after conducting tests, it has been found that the younger woman tested negative for the virus and died from an unrelated cause, not coronavirus. "The clinicians who were treating her have reported to us the woman had presented at the hospital in respiratory distress. At the time of presentation, she was hypoxic .
Regarding the 48-year-old woman, Mkhize said the deceased tested positive on March 23 - four days ago. "She was suffering from pulmonary embolism . This means she had an underlying disease," Mkhize said. He said the health department was concerned that the infection of people with underlying illnesses was increasing. He urged residents to be vigilant, protect themselves from unnecessarily exposing themselves by making contact with lots of people. Chronic lung disease
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