South Africa has recorded five deaths resulting from Coronavirus, with 1 353 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19.
The Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, made the announcement at a media briefing in eThekweni on Tuesday.
To date, the country has conducted 39 500 tests.
The first recorded death was that of a 48-year-old woman in the Western Cape, with the second being an 85-year-old from the Free State, who had attended the
Divine Restoration Church Ministries conference, where a number of infections were detected.
The third death was that of a Gauteng man, who succumbed to respiratory distress two days ago.
Two deaths have also been recorded in KwaZulu-Natal, a 74-year-old man in Ladysmith and a 46-year-old woman with chronic asthma and hypertension.
Mkhize said the government planned on escalating the testing and screening of patients. Over 10 000 field workers will be brought on board.
- SAnews.gov.za
