DURBAN - KwaZulu-Natal has contributed nine percent of the new Covid-19 cases reported nationally and continues to be the fourth highest provinces in Coronavirus cases countrywide but daily cases in that province have since stabilised.
According to the provincial health department, the province continues to experience an upsurge of cases with Ethekwini and UMgungundlovu Districts recording 60 percent of the daily cases.
“Ethekwini District has been recording a median of 335 cases daily (range 121-578) since 19 June 2020. UMgungundlovu recorded a median of 72 cases/day (range 22-248 cases) since 19 June 2020. The province recorded 17 new Covid-19 related deaths in four different districts,” said the department spokesperson Agiza Hlongwane.
On Monday, the Department of Education publicised a breakdown of Covid-19 cases affecting schools in the province.
It comes a day after the department announced that four teachers and a school security guard have died as a result of Covid-19 in the province.
Leading with the highest number of cases in the province is the Umgungundlovu district with 93 cases, Pinetown with 66, Umlazi with 51 and Ugu with 41 cases.
To date, 345 schools have been affected by the virus. The department says 306 teachers and 81 learners have tested positive.
The province has so far recorded 789 new cases and on Monday it recorded its first paediatric death since the beginning of the pandemic. The deceased is a five months old who was admitted with tuberculosis.
District breakdown:
Ugu
Confirmed cases – 564
Deaths – 6
Recoveries – 112
eThekwini
Confirmed cases – 8 286
Deaths – 130
Recoveries – 3 005
Ilembe
Confirmed cases – 1 077
Deaths – 8
Recoveries – 694
King Cetshwayo
Confirmed cases – 724
Deaths – 6
Recoveries – 151
Umkhanyakude
Confirmed cases – 142
Deaths – 4
Recoveries – 64
Zululand
Confirmed cases – 276
Deaths – 2
Recoveries – 43
Amajuba
Confirmed cases – 453
Deaths – 1
Recoveries – 116
Umzinyathi
Confirmed cases – 194
Deaths – 0
Recoveries – 19
Uthukela
Confirmed cases – 722
Deaths – 14
Recoveries – 177
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