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Surge in KZN’s Covid-19 positive cases linked to recent riots

Kwazulu -Natal leadership says the increase of Covid-19 positive cases is a result of the recent riots. KZN recorded just over 38 000 positive cases.

Then Kwazulu -Natal has reported just over 38 000, meanwhile, experts say infections in the province showed an increase before the unrest.

Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane says they are concerned that the province has surpassed Gauteng with over 2000 daily infections.

Simelane says the recent unrests could have contributed to the rising numbers, she added that the province has not yet reached its third wave.

“The issue of clusters and super spreader events are some things that will affect our infections as a province. As you would know in the past two weeks or so we had unrest in the province and we really were not able to determine the extent that those unrests had affected our people…

“But outside of the unrest, we have not had any other super spreader events. We think those engagements, those coming together of people at that point, might be the reason why our infection numbers are going up right now. But again it’s an assumption because we don’t have something scientific that actually speaks to that.”

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