This was announced by Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize on Sunday night.
Mkhize said the deceased, who were in their 80s, have also had underlying medical conditions.
He said one of the deceased was an 82-year-old woman who was admitted to ICU on March 29 with a fever, shortness of breath, body pains, a dry cough and sore throat.
“She also had comorbidities that included hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol.” Mkhize also said the country ‘s Covid -19 number of infections spiked to 1 655 – an increase of 70 cases.
He noted that the total number of Covid-19 tests conducted so far is 56 873, an increase of 2,936 from those reported on Saturday.
