Excess deaths from natural causes have fallen for the third successive week, in line with the decline in confirmed Covid-19 deaths, the Medical Research Council reported on Wednesday.
Reverend Didiza from Kagiso Methodist Church, in the Mogale Circuit, leads the funeral service of an 82-year-old woman who succumbed to Covid-19. The number of South Africans dying during the pandemic has declined for the third successive week.Excess deaths from natural causes have fallen for the third successive week, in line with the decline in confirmed Covid-19 deaths, the Medical Research Council reported on Wednesday.
By August 11, there had been 10,751 confirmed Covid-19 deaths, meaning the pandemic's likely toll is about 3.4 times the official figure. This is due to Covid-19 deaths being incorrectly reported and"collateral deaths", which are an indirect consequence of the epidemic.Medical Research Council On Tuesday, the 168th day of the outbreak in SA, the number of active cases fell below 100,000 for the first time since day 122 on July 4. The total peaked at 173,590 on July 20.
The moving 14-day average for the increase in the number of new infections was 13.6% on Tuesday, compared with a high of 132.5% on day 78 of the outbreak, May 21.Image:The council team that puts together the weekly reports estimates there were a total of 36,587 excess deaths between May 6 - when mortalities began to deviate sharply from the forecast - and August 11.
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