Eastern Cape Health MEC, Sindiswa Gomba, has confirmed that Nelson Mandela Bay recorded three deaths as a result of COVID19.
The fourth confirmed fatality was a 65-year-old woman from Butterworth who died in East London’s Frere Hospital.
Gomba told Algoa FM News that she had attended a funeral in Port St Johns where a mass tracing programme is now underway.
She also says that four patients had pre-existing conditions when they were admitted to hospital.
The other patients who died in Nelson Mandela Bay were two women, aged 65 and 66 and a 77-year-old man.
Two deaths were in the Livingstone Hospital and one at Dora Nginza.
In a subsequent statement, MEC Gomba said that a total of 142, 326 have been screened in the province since the mass testing campaign started, while 3 413 tests have been done as of the 15 April 2020.
According to the latest figures released by the National Department of Health, there are 220 confirmed cases of covid19 in the province with nine recoveries.
