Big jump in recent Covid-19 deaths due to reconciling of data: Mkhize

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The more robust processes makes the figures more accurate, the health minister said.

Night news editorThe sons of a Cape Town man who died from Covid-19 carry their father to his grave in Mowbray cemetery, Cape Town. File picture.South Africa's recent spike in Covid-19 deaths was due to better verification processes, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Thursday night.

He said the ministry consulted with the provinces to find out why there was such a spike in fatalities.

 

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