Another grim Covid-19 milestone as Mkhize confirms 50,000 deaths in SA

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More than 50,000 people have died in SA from Covid-19 related illnesses, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Monday.

01 March 2021 - 22:04

More than 50,000 people have died of Covid-19 related illnesses in SA. The deadliest days for Covid-19 so far came in January, during the second wave of infections.Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize confirmed the grim milestone on Monday night. The first Covid-19 related fatality in SA was recorded on March 27 last year.

All of SA's deadliest days for Covid-19 so far came during the second wave of infections. These were:January 12 — 755 deaths recorded;Mkhize said on Monday that 84 Covid-19 related deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of fatalities to date to 50,077. Of the newly recorded deaths, 36 were in the North West, 21 were in the Western Cape, 18 were in Gauteng, six were in the Northern Cape and two in the Eastern Cape.

 

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And one has to ask, was enough done to try and save more live ?

How many false positives? Where is the 2020 death rate vs the 2021 death rate? Why use accumulative numbers Where? We see your fear mongering! Tsek! endlockdownnow ivermectin

Report on what is happening at Dep Home Affairs. Or rather, the lack thereof. 6 months and counting. Warrants investigation.

Any proof that he is right ? Just another populistic statistic which is not profound ?

and no one checked the statistics...

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