{"id":939,"date":"2020-12-14T19:04:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T19:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/south-africa\/?p=939"},"modified":"2020-12-14T19:04:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T19:04:43","slug":"kzn-records-7-185-new-covid-19-cases-in-four-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/kzn-records-7-185-new-covid-19-cases-in-four-days","title":{"rendered":"KZN records 7 185 new Covid-19 cases in four days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Durban &#8211; KwaZulu-Natal recorded more than 5 000 new Covid-19 cases at the weekend with 2 005 more new cases confirmed on Monday. This means that in four days, KZN recorded 7 185 new Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n<p>According to statistics from the KZN Department of Health, on Friday, KZN recorded 1 668 cases while 1 899 and 1 613 cases were reported on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>This brings the province&#8217;s cumulative caseload to 141 372 with 13 813 active cases and 3 462 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>KZN Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu said the resurgence of the virus should be a turning point that galvanised society to work together to arrest the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where we find ourselves now need not amount to a second wave of panic, which helps no one and instead sows fear, stigmatisation and the discrimination of staff and patients from those affected facilities,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The MEC said KZN was among the four provinces that were driving the spread of the virus along with the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Gauteng.<\/p>\n<p>Simelane-Zulu further confirmed that two of Durban&#8217;s bigger state facilities, Addington Hospital and RK Khan Hospital, had seen a significant rise in cases, especially among nurses, doctors and hospital staff.<\/p>\n<p>At Addington Hospital, 38 staff members had tested positive for Covid-19 since the beginning of the month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This includes five doctors, 11 nursing staff, one allied worker, and 21 support staff members.<\/p>\n<p>Addington Hospital continues to function, and is accepting all walk-in patients. Only those picked up by ambulances were being diverted to Prince Mshiyeni Memorial and King Edward VIII hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>At RK Khan Hospital, the number of staff who had tested positive was 23 \u2013 seven nurses, 10 doctors, two radiologists, three clerks and one general orderly.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to unfounded reports, RK Khan Hospital was open and rendering health-care services, while following strict Covid-19 infection prevention and control protocols, Simelane-Zulu said.<\/p>\n<p><b>IOL<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Durban &#8211; KwaZulu-Natal recorded more than 5 000 new Covid-19 cases at the weekend with 2 005 more new cases confirmed on Monday. This means that in four days, KZN recorded 7 185 new Covid-19 cases. 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