KAROO NEWS - The Inxuba Yethemba Municipality (IYM) recorded one more Covid-19 related death since last releasing statistics on 22 July.
The total deaths on 27 July stood at 36, with Gala, a rural area on the outskirts of IYM, recording its first Covid-19 fatality.
On 27 July, the mayor, Noncedo Zonke, announced that since the outbreak of the pandemic, the municipality recorded 827 Covid-19 positive cases, with 489 recoveries.
The nine Covid-19 measuring points within IYM are:
- Gala (recorded cases: 5, recoveries: 0, deaths: 1),
- Philani (recorded cases: 11, recoveries: 4, deaths: 0),
- Lingelihle (recorded cases: 259, recoveries: 128, deaths: 16),
- Michausdal (recorded cases: 62, recoveries: 28, deaths: 2),
- Cradock (recorded cases: 120, recoveries: 78, deaths: 3),
- Mortimar Farms (recorded cases: 26, recoveries: 7, deaths: 1),
- Midros Rosemead Farms (recorded cases: 112, recoveries: 82, deaths: 4),
- Lusaka (recorded cases: 13, recoveries: 2, deaths: 2) and
- Middelburg town (recorded cases: 219, recoveries: 166, deaths: 7).
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