LIMPOPO – During a feedback session of the Provincial Command Council, the premier stated that the expected wrapping-up period of the screening is envisioned for 24 April, by which time they expect that 1,4 million households would have been screened.
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This covers approximately 80% of Limpopo’s population, at 5,2 million people. He said the council had been updated on the Covid-19 infection rate yesterday, but that private cases had not yet been registered in the national database at the time.
Of the positive cases, Polokwane in the Capricorn District still the highest with eight cases, followed by Lephalale (5), Thulamela (4), Makhado (2), Mokgalakwena (3), and Phalaborwa and Greater Tzaneen with one case each. Limpopo has registered one death thus far, while the recovery rate stands at 18.
The premier said he was excited to report that 10 000 volunteers have been deployed throughout the province for the purposes of screening people at home. “An average of 100 000 people was screened on the first day. Of this number, 110 were sent for actual testing,” he said.
The province also launched a five-digit Covid-19 call-back number whereby people who suspect they might need testing urgently, can dial 30775 free of charge between 08:00 and 16:30 every day. A total of 127 facilities have been identified as possible locations for quarantine purposes in the event of a Covid-19 breakout.
Since the 27 March 2020, the province has managed:
818 roadblocks.
95 713 vehicles were stopped.
8 037 liquor premises were visited.
24 688 blue light patrols by SAPS.
29 425 spaza shops visited.
20 085 taxi ranks visited.
7 088 arrests have been made involving those who transgressed lockdown regulations.
In other news, the premier said the province has seen a decline in crime since the declaration of the lockdown.
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