Knysna Covid-19 cases jump to 25 as second municipal worker tests positive; Plett data now up to speed with nine cases reflected
ACTING municipal manager Dr Michele Gratz on Monday announced that a second Knysna municipal worker tested positive for Covid-19. “As with the first case, the required steps were immediately taken as soon as results had been received.
“The worker was placed in quarantine and the entire team was tested on Saturday morning. Nine members of the team are in quarantine at the moment. As with all our offices, the work area frequented was disinfected and cleaned.
“The tracing process to find those he had been in contact with outside the workplace has started, and we are assisting the Health Department at Knysna Provincial Hospital and the Covid-19 Command Centre where we can,” said Gratz.
“Internally, we strictly follow the Health Department guidelines and ensure all staff wear PPF. Temperatures are screened daily and social distancing measures are practised in all our workspaces.”
Gratz added: “As expected by the government, the number of cases is increasing. In Knysna, we are now at 23 cases, of which nine are active (see the latest count at the end of this article).
“As the lockdown measures are eased it is more important than ever for all of us to act responsibly. Following the prescribed Covid-19 preventative measures are essential if we want to keep infection numbers down.
“Make sure you wear your mask, wash and disinfect your hands regularly, do not share food and drinks, and practise social distancing. Level 4 is NOT open season. We are still in lockdown – stay home when you can. Stay safe.”
Gratz said that, as promised by Knysna Municipality, all essential services would continue.
Bitou Covid-19 numbers up from five to nine confirmed cases After weeks of speculation about the number of confirmed cases in Bitou, daily data disseminated by the Western Cape provincial government on May 18 finally displayed a truer state of affairs.
Whereas cases in Plettenberg Bay and surrounds had been sitting on ‘five confirmed, five recovered’ since the start of the lockdown. by Monday this number had escalated to ‘nine confirmed, six recovered’. Scroll down to ‘Letters to the Editor’ at www.cxpress.co.za to read this week’s Bitou Covid-19 Response Team newsletter.
The latest available numbers of confirmed cases elsewhere on the Garden Route are Knysna 25 (17 recovered). George 27 (16), Hessequa eight (seven). Kannaland one (0). Mossel Bay 26 (19). and Oudts-hoorn four (three).