As South Africans woke up to news of the country's first two fatalities linked to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) - both in the Western Cape - the Department of Health was giving very little detail about who the two women were, how they contracted the virus and where they died.
News24 has been able to piece together that the 48-year-old woman died at the Durbanville Medi-Clinic, after being admitted to hospital this week for a separate illness. It was during this time that doctors found she had also contracted Covid-19.
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