Accurate death stats are vital but absent as SA hits peak, warn experts

Prof Debbie Bradshaw, chief specialist scientist and a co-author of the report, said “the timing and geographic pattern” immediately raise the issue of Covid-19 deaths and the accuracy of our fatality stats.

“The rise in numbers of deaths from natural causes in July in Gauteng has confirmed that the epidemic has set in the province,” according to the report. According to council president Prof Glenda Gray, “The SAMRC has been tracking mortality for decades in South Africa, and this system has identified excess deaths associated with the Covid-19 epidemic.

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