{"id":416523,"date":"2020-07-15T11:44:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T09:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=416523"},"modified":"2020-07-15T11:44:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T09:44:11","slug":"new-data-shows-weekly-deaths-in-south-africa-during-coronavirus-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/416523\/new-data-shows-weekly-deaths-in-south-africa-during-coronavirus-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"New data shows weekly deaths in South Africa during coronavirus lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has published its latest data<\/a> <\/strong>focusing on the number of weekly deaths reported in South Africa amid the coronavirus pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n

The report includes information on both natural (age, disease, infection) and unnatural deaths registered on the national population register as of 7 July.<\/p>\n

Deaths recorded on the national population register are provided to the SAMRC on a weekly basis. These have been scaled up to estimate the actual number of deaths by accounting for the people who are not on the population register and the under-registration of deaths.<\/p>\n

The estimated numbers are compared with the number that would be expected based on the historical data from 2018 and 2019.<\/p>\n

Weekly deaths<\/strong><\/p>\n

The data shows a spike in deaths from all causes, with an increase in deaths from natural causes from mid-May.<\/p>\n

The SAMRC stressed that although the bulk of these estimates of the \u2018excess deaths\u2019 are due to Covid-19 and related causes, a proportion could be due other natural causes associated with a relaxing of lockdown.<\/p>\n

Key points from the data include:<\/p>\n