BREAKING | Fort Hare confirms 60 active Covid-19 cases

The University of Fort Hare has announced that there are 125 confirmed Covid-19 cases at the university.

According to spokesperson Tandi Mapukata, the East London campus has 27 new cases - including 25 students, a driver and a security guard.

The university now has 60 active cases, 61 recoveries, four fatalities with a total of 125 confirmed cases.

 "The majority of the infected students are in the faculty of law, followed by management and commerce and a couple from health sciences," Mapukata said on Wednesday.

Two of the students have recovered and will be released from isolation.

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