One in 200 South Africans may have died of Covid-19, study shows
Researchers say almost all of the excess deaths, which plots mortality against a historical average, are due to the virus.
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Researchers say almost all of the excess deaths, which plots mortality against a historical average, are due to the virus.
(Bloomberg) -- The coronavirus may have killed one in every 200 South Africans.
The coronavirus may have killed one in every 200 South Africans. Excess deaths during the Covid 19 pandemic, seen as a more accurate way of measuri...
There is a striking gap between official Covid-19 deaths and excess mortality data across many countries. This column evaluates the quartile ranking of countries during the pandemic using official and excess mortality data. By the end of 2021, the quartile rankings of three fifths of the countries differ when ranked by excess versus official mortality. Countries that are
The health department's official Covid-19 death toll for 2020 was 28 500. But this is less than half the actual Covid-19 death toll for last year, Medical Research Council and University of Cape Town researchers explain in an article.