The bodies of those who have died as a result of Covid-19 have to be buried immediately, and the viewing of the body must be kept contactless.Excess deaths from natural causes reached an estimated 22,279 by July 21, according to the latest weekly report by the Medical Research Council .A co-author of the weekly reports, Prof Debbie Bradshaw, said last week that"the timing and geographic pattern leaves no room to question whether this is associated with the Covid-19 epidemic".
SA's official Covid-19 mortality rate is 1.58%, compared with a global average of 3.91%. If all the excess deaths estimated by the council are included, SA's all-cause pandemic mortality rate would be over 6.5%. This is in spite of the fact that the number of deaths from unnatural causes, such as road accidents and homicides, was 29% below the predicted number for the week.
How each province and metro is bearing the burden of excess deaths from natural causes during the Covid-19 pandemic.The council, which compiles the weekly excess deaths report with the Centre for Actuarial Research at the University of Cape Town, said deaths from natural causes continued to increase in most metros up to July 21.
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