New COVID-19 infections in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality have surpassed the 1000 mark, resulting in alarming numbers of new infections among children, hospitalisations and an increase in deaths.
The new statistics were discussed during the Joint Operating Centre meeting on Tuesday, 27 October 2020 after the Department of Health highlighted that as at 26 October 2020 the City has 1185 active cases.
Although the second wave was anticipated to hit the City around December, the increasing social gathering have played a big role in spreading the virus with thousands of residents not adhering to the COVID-19 regulations.
As at 26 October 2020; nine children from the ages 0-4 years were confirmed to be COVID-19 positive, 10 between the ages 5-9 years, 32 between the ages 10-14 years and 48 between the ages 15-19.
NMBM Acting Mayor Councillor Thsonono Buyeye said: “We are extremely worried by these numbers. It clearly shows that something has gone wrong. To have so many children infected is alarming. Our general deaths as a result of COVID-19 are also increasing. On Friday we had about 700 active cases but on Monday the numbers had jumped alarmingly.”
“Motherwell is still our hotspot, followed by Uitenhage, KwaNobuhle, and KwaZakhele. We would really like to appeal to our residents to take extra measures as current statistics show that we have a cases in all our wards now.”
The City’s Metro Police together with the South African Police Services will continue to clampdown on social gatherings, night clubs and other businesses that are found to be in contravention of the lockdown rules.
NMBM Disaster Managemenr Chairperson Shane Brown said: “We do not want the second wave to be more aggressive than the first wave. We will continue to work with all stakeholders to ensure that these numbers go down again. We encourage residents to report any illegal social gathering to the 10111 SAPS line and on 0415085501.”
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