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Local infection numbers down
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Writer De Waal Steyn
While South Africans will face another month of adjusted Level 3 lockdown regulations, the number of active coronavirus cases in the Overberg district has decreased over the weekend.
On Friday 8 January there were 2 004 active cases in the Overberg compared to Monday’s 1 518. In the Overstrand the number decreased from 734 to 552 over the same period.
A total of 324 people in the Overberg have died since the start of the pandemic in March last year.
According to the Western Cape government, the total number of active cases in the province increased to 44 303 on Monday. A total of 3 323 patients are in hospital, with 374 of them being in intensive care units.
The announcement on Monday evening by Pres Cyril Ramaphosa that the lockdown will be extended by another month, comes amid questions of whether it will be safe for schools and other academic institutions to reopen their doors in the coming weeks. It has been reported that the South African variant of the coronavirus is more infectious and may lead to children infecting more adults.
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