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Eastern Cape confirms cross province COVID-19 cases

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Health authorities in the Eastern Cape have confirmed that 34 people who travelled from the Western Cape at the start of Level 4 last week, have tested positive for COVID-19.

Last week, as the country welcomed slightly relaxed regulations and many vehicles mostly minibus taxis were seen at the Aberdeen border with Western Cape on the R61, as people took the opportunity to travel home.

The health authorities are now tasked with tracing them as the open window allowing for inter-provincial travel comes to an end.

 

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The Western Cape last week passed Gauteng to become the epicenter of COVID-19 in South Africa recording the highest number of infections in the country.

As it stands, the province has 3 760 confirmed cases while Gauteng legs behind with only 1 720 cases.

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde attributed the rise in the number of confirmed cases in the province to an aggressive tracking and tracing system.

Winde said, “I personally think it is because we very aggressively going out to trace once we have tested the positive… We very aggressively going out there to track and trace which lifts our positive numbers.

The 7 day window period for travelling between provinces ends on Thursday at midnight

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