A group of 16 pupils with Covid-19 evaded quarantine at Makaula Secondary School in KwaBhaca, where a total of 204 learners and teachers have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Eastern Cape education MEC Fundile Gade told News24 on Tuesday that the 16 learners escaped last week while the school was in the process of transporting learners to three quarantine sites.
A total of 284 pupils of the school were tested, and 204 people, including staff, were confirmed to be Covid-19 positive, said Gade.
Gade also announced that a total of 15 staff members had died of Covid-19 at Eastern Cape schools.
At the briefing, Mabuyane told journalists that 200 Eastern Cape schools are closed due to Covid-19.
