JMPD spokesperson Wayne Minnaar said a female member of the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) did not die of COVID-19 as reported earlier this week.
He said there was an internal miscommunication about a coronavirus related death.
Minnaar said it was a Pick n Pay employee at Randburg, who was picked up by JMPD officers, who died of COVID-19 after she was taken to hospital.
But he did confirm that 11 officers had tested positive for COVID-19, of which for have recovered. He says seven are in self-isolation. But he said no confirmation has been received about the death of any of these officers.
