KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala made the announcement during a press conference in Durban on Sunday.
JOHANNESBURG - KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala has identified the eThekwini metro as the province’s coronavirus epicentre with 840 confirmed cases and 35 deaths.
“The median number of new patients reported in the province is 19 cases/daily with eThekwini and iLembe Districts contributing the highest number of cases daily. There are 54 new cases that were reported in the province just yesterday [Saturday] alone,” the premier said in a statement. “The province has a total of 43 deaths recorded in 5 of the 11 Districts – eThekwini District has recorded the highest death rate of 80% followed by King Cetshwayo District at 8%, and UGu District at 5%,” he added.
“The community screening and testing, which we introduced when the President declared the lockdown has assisted us to identify more cases which we would miss if we only continued with the contact tracing only. We are happy we started this initiative,” he said.
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