For every 100 000 people in KZN, at least 90 have tested positive for Covid-19

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KwaZulu-Natal’s incidence of active Covid-19 infections is now about 90 cases in 100 000 people, according to statistics released by the provincial Department of Health. | TheMercurySA

Dr Sandile Tshabalala, the head of department, gave the KZN Legislature’s health portfolio committee an update on the state of the pandemic in the province on Tuesday.

He said the most common recorded co-morbidities included hypertension and diabetes mellitus , while the proportion of HIV-infected patients dying of the virus had also increased.

 

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