With deaths now still at nine, the health minister has called for more tests to determine the extent of the infection at a Netcare hospital in Durban.
In a statement on Saturday night, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa had risen to 1,585.
“We have received a report from KZN Health MEC Ms Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu that KwaZulu-Natal has 11 confirmed Covid-19 cases linked to St Augustine’s Hospital, in Durban. Furthermore, three of the deceased patients from KZN had been admitted at the hospital. The areas that were exposed to positive patients were also being disinfected. At this stage more than 150 tests had been conducted within the hospital and contact tracing was under way.
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