UNgqongqoshe Wezempilo e-KZN ukhathazekile ngokunyuka kwesibalo sabantu abahaqwe yiCovid-19
UNgqongqoshe wezeMpilo KwaZulu-Natal, uNkk Nomagugu Simelane, usezwakalise ukukhathazeka ngokunyuka kwesibalo sabantu abahaqwe yiCovid-19 esifundazweni.
UMnyango kaSimelane uthe zingu-1,742 izehlakalo zeCovid-19 phakathi kukaMgqibelo neSonto, kanti iningi labagulayo eThekwini (80%) kulandele uMgungundlovu District (7%) kanye neLembe (5%).
“Kungokokuqala ezinyangeni ukuthi isibalo sezifo ezintsha sisabisa ngokufinyelela ku-2,000 XNUMX, kanti izibalo zakamuva zenze isilinganiso sezinsuku eziyisikhombisa sisuka ku-414 saya ku-1,171.”
USimelane uthe naye ukhathazekile ngokwanda kwesibalo seziguli ezilaliswe esibhedlela ngenxa yeCovid-19.
“Kubantu abangama-437 abangeniswe ezibhedlela zikahulumeni nezizimele ngenxa ye-Covid-19, abangama-47 base-ICU kanti abayisishiyagalolunye basebenza ngama-ventilators. Esontweni eledlule, isifundazwe besilaliswe esibhedlela abantu abangama-342 njengeziguli ze-Covid-19, okubandakanya abangama-44 abase-ICU nabangu-11 abadonsa umoya.
“Mayelana nezinhlelo zethu zokuxwayisa eziphuthumayo kusenesikhathi, ukwenyuka kwamacala ngo-10% ngaphezu kwesilinganiso esinyakazayo sezinsuku eziyi-7 kuzodala isexwayiso, kanti ukwanda kwamacala ngama-20% ngaphezulu kwesilinganiso esihambayo sezinsuku eziyi-7, nokuyinto esiyibonile. , kungase kubangele ukuphinde kwenzeke.”
Uthe abanaso isiqiniseko sokuthi ukukhuphuka kwesivinini kwakamuva kwakuwukuqala kwegagasi lesihlanu.
“Kuyacaca ukuthi kukhona okwenzekayo. Kulesi sigaba, asinaso isiqiniseko sokuthi leli yigagasi lesihlanu noma cha, kodwa lezi zenzakalo ziyimbangela yokukhathazeka. Kungakho sinxusa bonke abantu bakulesi sifundazwe ukuthi bahlale beqaphile, futhi bazijwayeze zonke izindlela zokuphepha ezidingekayo, njengokugqoka imaski yobuso, ukugcina indawo yokuhlala, nokugeza izandla zabo njalo ngensipho namanzi noma izihlanzi zezandla. ”
Babalelwa ku-16,079 abantu asebelahlekelwe izimpilo zabo ngenxa yeCovid-19 esifundazweni.
Ngokomnyango wezempilo bangu-2.756-million kuphela abantu asebegonyiwe kanti sebebonke bangu-4.463-million abangakatholi ngisho ijabhi elilodwa.
“Sinxusa abangakagonywa ukuthi baphumele obala bazothola ijezi. Lokhu kuzuzisa bona, ngoba abantu abangagonyiwe banamathuba amaningi okuthi batheleleke nge-Covid-19, futhi maningi amathuba okuthi bayidlulisele kwabanye. Baphinde basengozini enkulu yokubulawa yilesi sifo uma kuqhathaniswa nabantu abagonyiwe.”
