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KZN has just over 2500 active Covid-19 cases

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On Wednesday, the KZN Department of Health said of the 5 625 confirmed cases in the province, 2 586 were active while 2 947 people had recovered.

eThekwini remained the district with the highest confirmed cases, sitting on 3 217, with 1 876 recoveries and 69 deaths, while Ilembe has 819 confirmed cases with 611 recoveries and five deaths. The Umgungundlovu district is the third highest district with 616 cases, 218 recoveries and two deaths.

MEC for the Department of Health in KZN Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu encouraged those who tested positive for Covid-19 to be open to being hospitalised, whether at a public or private facility so that they can undergo isolation and treatment. "If you are being advised to go to the hospital, please go. In the last few days, we had a few fatalities that were no necessary purely because people did not go to hospital.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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