Five new Covid-19 cases among prisoners, three officials recovered

This increases the total number of positive cases among inmates to 177. Of these, 102 are in the Eastern Cape and 59 in the Western Cape.

Five new Covid-19 cases have been recorded among prison inmates and three Department of Correctional Services officials have recovered.

Of the 99 officials who tested positive, 56 are in the Western Cape and 36 are in the Eastern Cape. The rest are in Limpopo, Gauteng and at the head office. “DCS continues to provide support to both officials and inmates who test positive to Covid-19,” Nxumalo said. On Friday, Ramaphosa announced and gazetted the decision in terms of Section 84 of the Constitution together with Section B2 of the Correctional Services Act 1998.

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