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TimesLIVE reports that two inmates have died of Covid-19 in an East London prison, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) advised on Tuesday.
Both had "underlying comorbid conditions," said spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo. A third inmate death, at a Western Cape facility, was "under investigation". There have been an additional six cases of inmates at the East London prison testing positive, for a national total of 165 within the correctional services sector. According to figures provided by Nxumalo on Tuesday: the Eastern Cape had 35 confirmed cases involving officials and 65 involving inmates, with 58 recoveries; the Western Cape had 49 confirmed cases of officials and three of inmates, with one "death under investigation"; in Limpopo there were two cases of officials with the respiratory illness, one of whom had recovered; in Gauteng, three officials and eight inmates were confirmed as having contracted the disease; and at the DCS head office in Pretoria, one official contracted Covid-19 and has recovered.
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