Cape Town - Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Saturday announced the death of another 7 people from Covid-19 over the past 24 hours and The seven people who died are from the Western Cape and the Free State.
"We have looked at the data for patients who have been hospitalised and found that, consistent with evidence emerging worldwide, hypertension, diabetes and cardiac disease are the three most common co-morbidities associated with serious illness from Covid-19," Mkhize said in a statement. He added that other co-morbidities that were seen amongst Covid-19 admitted patients were chronic pulmonary disease, asthma, chronic renal disease, malignancy, HIV, active and past tuberculosis.
"I would therefore like to urge our millions of South Africans who are over 63 years of age and those who live with these conditions to take extra precaution as we ease the lockdown."
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