The Department of Health has confirmed that the 28-year-old woman who was said to have died of the Covid -19 infact tested negative for the virus. The first female patient, a 48-year -old tested positive for Covid-19 whilst the other patient was a suspected case based on her clinical presentation.
The clinicians who tested her reported that she presented respiratory distress at the hospital, however, her laboratory test results came out negative.
Both women passed away as the lockdown kicked in.
The Western Cape has recorded the second-highest number of people infected with the coronavirus - after Gauteng.

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