Mpumalanga has recorded its first cholera death, a health spokesperson said on Thursday.
Provincial spokesperson Mpho Gabashane said the South African woman died on January 5, but the department of health waited for the results of a cholera test before concluding that she had died of the disease.
”We have the results now and the woman had died of cholera,” said Gabashane.
”A couple who had apparently visited Zimbabwe came into one of our clinics on January 2. The woman died on January 5 and the man was discharged on January 7.”
More than 2 000 people have died of cholera in Zimbabwe, the World Health Organisation reported on Wednesday. — Sapa