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Free State aims to tackle growing new COVID-19 cases

25 April 2021, 6:59 AM  |
Aphumelele Mdlalane Aphumelele Mdlalane |  @SABCNews
The Free State province recorded 222 new infections by Friday with the most infections being in the Mangaung Metro followed by the Thabo Mofutsanyana district.

The Free State province recorded 222 new infections by Friday with the most infections being in the Mangaung Metro followed by the Thabo Mofutsanyana district.

Image: GCIS

The Free State province recorded 222 new infections by Friday with the most infections being in the Mangaung Metro followed by the Thabo Mofutsanyana district.

The Free State Health Department has activated all its resources to tackle the latest upsurge in coronavirus infections.

As the province’s infections peak in the midst of a third wave, health officials have attributed the increase in infection clusters at schools to social gatherings linked to the Easter holidays.

The province recorded 222 new infections by Friday with the most infections being in the Mangaung Metro followed by the Thabo Mofutsanyana district.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) noted an upsurge in COVID-19 cases in the Free State, Northern Cape and North West.

In the streets of Bloemfontein, most people seem ignorant of the pandemic, the wearing of masks is rare and social distancing is practically non-existent.

Residents have mixed reactions to the existence of the pandemic.

The Free State Health Department says work is under way to increase screening, testing and contact tracing.

MEC Montseng Tsiu says they are concerned about an increase in new infections.

Tsiu says, “The numbers grew especially after Easter holidays where we can say some people came from home being infected and they came to school and they infected other students and even the teachers with the family is what we can say, some people had family gatherings but unfortunately they are not adhering to non-pharmaceutical protocols they don’t wear masks they don’t observe the social distancing and that is why we are seeing the numbers going up in free state.

Overall, the Free State has recorded over 86 000 coronavirus cases, with a 93 percent recovery rate. The province has recorded 3 800 deaths so far.

Concerns over non-compliance to COVID-19 regulations in the Free State

Take personal responsibility to prevent the spread of Covid19. Register for Covid Alert SA app and COVID Connect to receive notifications about infections near you #StaySafe #StayHome pic.twitter.com/YkP3ZUvLLG

— Free State Health (@fs_health) October 16, 2020

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