The Aryan Benevolent Home (ABH) in Pietermaritzburg is mourning another resident who succumbed to Covid-19, pushing up the death toll from the disease at the facility to 13.
He said she underwent a test for Covid-19 on July 21 but received her positive result only last Wednesday. Naidoo said she had been kept in isolation from the day she was tested.
The facility was at full capacity with 32 residents at the start of the national lockdown in March, but the spate of deaths has reduced that number significantly. ABH had to also transfer at least 10 residents to the government-funded quarantine facility at the Royal Showgrounds after they tested positive for Covid-19.
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