One more positive case of the CoronaVirus , in the North West Province, was report by the Minister of Health, Dr. Zweli Mkhize on his daily report about the epidemic outbreak in the South Africa.

As of Saturday, 28 March 2020, the North West Province’s total number of confirmed COVID19 cases is 6. There has been no deaths reported in the province nor recoveries. On a national scale, over 31 000 tests were conducted, 1187 of which were identified as positive cases. 31 patient recoveries have also been noted by the National Department of Health, and only 1 death confirmed. The other one death was withdrawn by the Department of Health. Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize reported on Friday, 27 March 2020, that the 48 year old female had died from COVID19, and also confirmed that she had an underlying disease.

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“The second patient who died was a suspected case based on her clinical presentation. The clinicians who were treating her have reported to us that this was a 28 year old female who had presented at the hospital in respiratory distress. At the time of presentation she was hypoxic. She was intubated and transferred to hospital during the early hours of this morning, (ie 27 March 2020 at 3am). On arrival in ICU, she was declared dead.The clinical picture was suggestive of COVID-19 and therefore a test was conducted. Her laboratory results have since been received at 17:20 and were confirmed negative. Her immediate family was also tested and they are also negative. She is therefore no longer considered a COVID-19 case.” Said Minister Mkhize. Both cases were from the Western Cape Province.

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