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A 51-year-old man has become the last person to die of Covid-19 in the Free State, which means that six people have died from the virus in the province.
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Free State Health Department spokesman Mondli Mvambi said the man, from Freedom Square in Bloemfontein, had presented in a hospital the “underlying” conditions often found in people who have not survived the coronavirus.
His conditions were not named, but in previous cases it included heart problems and diabetes.
He was treated and stabilized at the Pelonomi Netcare private hospital around 6:00 p.m. on April 30.
However, his health deteriorated and he was pronounced dead the next morning.
They took a sample of Covid-19 and the results returned to be positive on May 1.
Therefore, the number of confirmed cases in the province increased to 122.
Provincial breakdown
Fezile Dabi – Kroonstad 3
Lejweleputswa – Boshoff 2
Mangaung Metro – Bloemfontein 108
Botshabelo 1
Thabo Mofutsanyana – Harrismith 4
Ladybrand 3
Xhariep – Petrusburg 1
Ninety-six people have recovered from the virus, and those who tested positive had contact with 2,768 people.
Almost all of them, 2 742, were tracked.
The number of people examined in the Free State was 773 854 and the number of people evaluated was 8 253.
On Sunday morning, the number of people diagnosed with the virus nationwide was 6,336. The provinces issue their own alerts, and sometimes the numbers differ.
In total, 123 people have died from the virus in South Africa.
South Africa will partially return to work on Monday as the block to curb the spread of the virus is eased slightly.
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