SA recorded almost 2,500 excess deaths in the first half of the year, according to the latest Medical Research Council estimates.
But after statistical adjustments, the estimated number of excess deaths attributable to the Covid-19 pandemic in the last two months is almost 7,000.
Experts who work in the MRC Burden of Disease Research Unit said in their weekly report: “The all-cause national number of deaths of persons 1+ years of age is significantly higher than the predicted number based on historical data and continued to increase in the week ending 30 June 2020. The researchers said deaths from natural causes in metropolitan areas continued increasing in late June, with Cape Town recording the highest number of excess deaths, 2,512.
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