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Beaches are closed but we have rivers, lagoons says Mossel Bay mayor Hendri Pelser
Mossel Bay in the Garden Route. Picture: Supplied The Garden Route accounts for 5,292 of active cases and has accounted for just over 20,000 of the 873,679 infections since the outbreak started.
After being declared a coronavirus hotspot, the Garden Route is not taking the closure of its beaches lying down.
The Garden Route District Coordinating Forum will now lobby national government and the National Coronavirus Command Council to allow beaches in the area to reopen and only close on the same days as those in KwaZulu-Natal, which are 16, 25, 26 and 31 December, as well as from 1 to 3 January.