Man with prostate cancer becomes SA's 13th Covid-19 death

07 April 2020 - 15:32
By staff reporter
The number of positive Covid-19 cases in SA has risen to 1,749. Stock photo.
Image: 123rf.com/betonstudio The number of positive Covid-19 cases in SA has risen to 1,749. Stock photo.

A Durban man has become SA's 13th confirmed Covid-19 related death.

Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Tuesday that the man died at Durban's Parklands Hospital. He said the man had “stage 4 prostate cancer”.

Mkhize also confirmed that the number of Covid-19 cases in SA had risen to 1,749.

This is a developing story.