The figure is double that made to the number on the same weekend last year.
"Unfortunately, it has meant that many people had to wait a long time for their call to be answered, or for a clinical call back, and we would like to apologise to everyone who had to experience this and who were concerned.
"If parents or carers are worried about strep A, the best thing that they can do is to provide the care they would usually provide for a child with cold and flu like symptoms, and to familiarise themselves with the symptoms of scarlet fever and iGAS as a precaution."Seven-year-old Hanna Roap, from Penarth, died from strep A in the latest outbreakChildren, it said, had a low risk of contracting the disease.
"If people can't find a particular antibiotic, they are then welcome to go back to their GP and find an alternative. "Though our children's ward is extremely busy, this is not due to strep A admissions, with only one confirmed case at the Grange University Hospital," a spokesman said.
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