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Official provincial statistics confirm first Covid-19 death

One Covid-19 related death has been recorded for the Steve Tshwete Municipal area according to statistics released minutes ago.

July 2, 2020
Jana Boshoff Less than a minute
Covid-19 statistics released by the Department of Health on 1 July.

The statistics for 30 June, made public on the Mpumalanga Department of Health’s Facebook page just before 12:00 today (2 July), reveals that one person has passed away due to Covid-19. It is unclear who the person is and what the circumstances around the death is.

The Covid-19 statistics released by the Department of Health on 30 June.

Statistics also show that positive cases in the STLM area have increased with 19 from 30 June to 1 July.

• Some local residents were convinced that a person buried over the weekend was Middelburg’s first Covid-19 fatality.

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July 2, 2020
Jana Boshoff Less than a minute

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Jana Boshoff

Jana works as a senior support specialist for Caxton digital. Before that she was a journalist at the Middelburg Observer 15 years where she won numerous awards including Sanlam's Up and Coming Journalist, Caxton Multimedia Journalist of the Year, and several investigative awards. She is passionate about people and the stories untold.
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