{"id":51513,"date":"2021-01-14T10:45:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T08:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/steady-decline-in-active-cases-20210113-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:27:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:27:44","slug":"steady-decline-in-active-cases-20210113-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/steady-decline-in-active-cases-20210113-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Steady decline in active cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_2963f604\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10789\/ad6f21b7b7af483e8fd2fbf51de6ff11.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10789\/e86ec8066af8405fb85165b597cd014e.jpg\" title=\"Disaster volunteers from left, Nolundi Petse, Likhaya Mdlele, Angela Mofu and Elvenus Mdzeke have been ensuring that residents and visitors in St Francis adhere to the COVID-19 safety protocols. Photo:SUPPLIED\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Disaster volunteers from left, Nolundi Petse, Likhaya Mdlele, Angela Mofu and Elvenus Mdzeke have been ensuring that residents and visitors in St Francis adhere to the COVID-19 safety protocols. Photo:SUPPLIED<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>A<\/span>FTER two tough months, active COVID-19 infections in the Kouga region have been on a steady decline this past week.<\/p>\n<p>Kouga Executive Mayor, Horatio Hendricks, said that the latest statistics from the Department of Health were encouraging, but he urged residents to remain on guard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw in 2020 how quickly a resurgence can occur. The coronavirus is still very much among us and if we do not adhere to the basic safety precautions, we could see another spike in the local numbers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Active COVID-19 infections stood at 174 in the Kouga region at the beginning of this week, according to the latest report from the Department of Health, compared to 240 at the beginning of last week. <\/p>\n<p>The 174 cases included 83 active infections in Jeffreys Bay, 38 in Humansdorp, 27 in St Francis, 12 in Patensie, 10 in Hankey, two in Loerie, one in Thornhill and zero in Oyster Bay. The cumulative total for Kouga stood at 5 130, including 4 866 recoveries and 90 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe second wave hit us very hard, with 2 958 positive cases being recorded in November and December 2020,\u201d Hendricks said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is more than double the 1 302 cases that were confirmed during the first wave in June and July. 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