Staff Reporter
Xhariep district in the southern Free State has recorded its first COVID-19 fatality as the province reported two new deaths to bring the tally to eight.
Mangaung now has a total of seven deaths due to coronavirus infections.
Figures released by the Free State health department indicate there are now 219 confirmed cases in the province, with 128 recoveries.
Given the eight deaths, it means the province now has 83 active cases of the deadly disease.
“Cumulatively, we have only had 34 people admitted into hospital and 554 at our supervised quarantine sites,” the provincial health department said in a brief breakdown of the figures.
A total of 1 720 565 people have been screened and 3 637 of the 3 662 known contacts have been traced.
The department said 26 322 tests have been conducted by the National Health Laboratory Science while private labs have done just over 9 640 tests.
