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THREE more Coronavirus (Covid-19) related deaths were recorded yesterday, bringing the total number of deaths so far in the country to 51.
The number of infections also rose by 148 cases in just 24 hours to 2725 on Wednesday from 2577 on Tuesday.
This according to the latest Covid-19 figures released yesterday by the National Covid-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC).
All in all, 31 256 tests have been conducted in a country of 2, 1 million people.
It is highly likely that the new infections have been fuelled by the relaxation of border controls between Lesotho and South Africa.
South Africa is fast inching towards the one million mark for infections with 940 212 cases recorded as of yesterday.
Covid-19 storm looms
MASERU-LESOTHO could be sleepwalking into a major Covid-19 tsunami as hundreds of Basotho sneak back into the country without screening.
In the past few weeks hordes of Basotho have illegally crossed back home from South Africa.
The Lesotho and South Africa governments seem unable to stop the influx of people through the porous borders. Lesotho’s situation is however more precarious because it is receiving people from a country already in the throes of a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Without screening and testing those sneaking in, Lesotho might be sitting on a time bomb that might burst in the next few weeks when infections start surging.