Confirmed Covid-19 cases in the Overberg on Wednesday 29 July totalled 2 766. Zwelihle in the Overstrand still recorded the highest number of confirmed cases, totalling 514. More than half of these have recovered.
A total of 432 recoveries have been recorded, 77 active and five deaths. Gansbaai has the second highest number of confirmed cases, with a total of 222, with 177 recoveries, 43 active and two deaths.
Roche Butler, spokesperson for the Overberg District Health, said Covid-19 infections are still rising, but not as rapidly as before. “To date, 80% of our total infections have recovered and 2% have succumbed. Currently there are 17 patients admitted to Covid-19 wards in public facilities, nine of them considered especially serious.Butler added a total of 42 health workers had tested positive for Covid-19 in the Overberg, of whom 32 have since recovered, with zero deaths recorded. Currently, a total of 105 people are being accommodated in quarantine and isolation facilities in the Overberg. “If you cannot isolate safely at home we urge you to make use of our quarantine and isolation facilities, where you will receive temporary care away from home,” Butler said.
“Transport to and from the facility will be provided as well as food, laundry services and waste disposal.” She added community screening was an ongoing process. “Since the inception of community testing and screenings in the Overberg on 20 April 2020, a total of 221 081 people have been screened by our community health workers, and 825 have been referred for testing.”
Overstrand cases per town on Wednesday 29 July:
Hermanus 132 confirmed cases, 25 active, 103 recovered, and 4 deaths.
Fisherhaven: 13 confirmed cases, 3 active cases and 10 recovered.
Gansbaai: 222 confirmed cases, 43 active cases, 177 recovered and 2 deaths.
Hawston: 99 confirmed cases, 23 active cases, 75 recovered and 1 death.
Kleinmond: 80 confirmed cases, 31 active cases and 48 recovered and 1 death.
Mount Pleasant: 124 confirmed cases, 22 active cases, 101 recovered and 1 death.Zwelihle: 514 confirmed cases, 77 active cases, 432 recovered and 5 deaths.
Onrus: 49 confirmed cases, 7 active cases, 40 recovered and 2 deaths.
Sandbaai: 25 confirmed cases, 8 active cases and 17 recovered.
Stanford: 68 confirmed cases, 17 active cases, 49 recovered and 2 deaths.
Vermont: 15 confirmed cases, 4 active cases and 11 recovered.
Total of 1 341 confirmed cases, 260 active cases and 1 063 recovered and 18 deaths.