There has been yet another "cluster outbreak" of Covid-19 cases in Limpopo, with the Mopani district now identified as the new epicentre of the pandemic in the province.
"We have now started to observe a trend in the Mopani district... [it is] moving from a district that had no cases at all to being an epicentre and the recovery rate is low," Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba said on Sunday.
The Sekhukhune district was previously the province's epicentre due to an outbreak of Covid-19 in the mining towns.
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She said, although mines in the Phalaborwa area were the source, the main factor behind the fast spread of the disease was non-adherence to health protocols by members of the public.
Union provincial secretary Mosadi Sekwadi said there were schools that were currently closed in the province due to detection of Covid-19.
