The coronavirus may have killed one in every 200 South Africans. Moneyweb Covid19
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 measuring its impact than official statistics, climbed to 301 106 in the week ended March 5, according to South African Medical Research Council data released on Wednesday. That’s triple the official fatality rate. The number of deaths per 100 000 people was 506 in a nation of 60 million, according to the council.
Across Africa, South Africa is the only country to compile the data. “It is very high,” said Tom Moultrie, a demography professor at the University of Cape Town who helps compile the report. “The excess deaths are really the flag in the ground, which tells us what’s going on with Covid.” Across South Africa, excess mortality rates vary widely, skewing higher in poorer provinces.
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