News24 reports that the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has recorded 15 new Covid-19 cases and the total in the prison system, inclusive of inmates and officials, was up to 213 as of Sunday.  

According to a DCS statement on Sunday evening, 11 further officials and four inmates had been infected with the virus.  Ten of these cases emanated from the Eastern Cape and five from the Western Cape.  However, the DCS also advised that 91 people within correctional services had recovered.  The Eastern Cape has recorded 125 cases made up of 50 officials and 75 inmates, while 59 people have recovered and two have died.  The Western Cape has recorded 72 cases (67 officials and five inmates).  In that province, 30 people have recovered and one death was recorded.  In Limpopo, two officials contracted the virus, with one recovery.  Gauteng recorded 13 cases (four officials and nine inmates).  At the DCS head office, one official has been diagnosed with Covid-19, with one recovery.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Azarrah Karrim at News24
• Read too, Covid-19 is a grave threat in prisons, at Mail & Guardian
• And also, Thousands of SA prisoners to be paroled to contain Covid-19, at BusinessLive

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