A year of Covid-19 in SA: KZNâs road from patient 0 to patient 329 909
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Durban - On March 5 last year, a Hilton resident in northern KZN was the first person in South Africa to test positive for Covid-19.
A year later, KwaZulu Natal has claimed the number one spot with the most active Covid-19 cases, recording 9 479 in the past 24 hours.
KZN also remains among the top three provinces for lives lost in the pandemic, data from the Department of Health has revealed.
On March 30, KZN recorded its first Covid-19 related deathâ a 74-year-old man from Ladysmith died after testing positive three days earlier.