Thirty-four South Africans have now died of Covid-19 and
there are 2,506 confirmed cases of the respiratory illness.
Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize revealed the figures at a
press on Wednesday evening. This was an increase of 91 cases from Tuesday.
Six of the seven deaths were in KwaZulu-Natal, with one in
Gauteng.
On Tuesday, Mkhize said in a statement that there were
2,415 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across SA - an increase in 143 cases from the
day before.
Of the new cases announced on Wednesday, Mkhize said the
majority were in Gauteng, the Western Cape and KZN. These provinces have the
highest number of confirmed cases at 930, 657 and 519 respectively.
There are 199 cases in the Eastern Cape, 97 in the Free
State, 25 in Limpopo, 23 in the North West, 22 in Mpumalanga and 16 in the
Northern Cape.
Explaining the jump in the number of deaths - the single
biggest daily increase announced to date - Mkhize said the department had been
looking into cases that were not initially reported as being linked to Covid-19
but as tests were done and the results became known, these deaths were reclassified.
The deaths were reported as:
a 71-year-old
woman from KZN with underlying diabetes, hypertension and renal failure, who
died on April 10;
a 79-year-old man
from KZN, who died on April 10 (it was not known if he had underlying illnesses);
a 86-year-old
woman from KZN with hypertension, who died on April 9;
a 91-year-old man
from KZN with diabetes, who died on April 12;
a 73-year-old
woman from KZN with diabetes and hypertension, who died on April 13;
a 79-year-old
woman from KZN, who died on April 13 (it was not known if she had underlying
illnesses); and
a 50-year-old man
from Gauteng with chronic asthma, who died on April 13. Sowetan
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