Latest excess mortality surveillance report out for South Africa: samrc.ac.za/reports/report…
33 500 excess deaths since 6 May.
Also, supplementary report: samrc.ac.za/sites/default/…
33 500 excess deaths since 6 May.
Also, supplementary report: samrc.ac.za/sites/default/…
In three provinces, excess mortality exceeded 100% (i.e. double the 'normal' number) for two weeks.
samrc.ac.za/sites/default/…
samrc.ac.za/sites/default/…
Western Cape mortality still 27% higher than 'normal', 13 weeks after excess deaths emerged.
Of interest, too, is that the reported Covid deaths in the WC have tracked the excess deaths very well - typically at c 65% of excess.
samrc.ac.za/sites/default/…
samrc.ac.za/sites/default/…
(If you are going to ask, what about the most recent data point for the WC in the last figure, 97 COvid deaths reported in the province on 4 August; 60 of which were late notifications).
