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Covid-19: SA records 6,590 new cases
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Covid-19 deaths in SA likely much higher than reported
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Covid-19 update: SA records 6,590 new cases
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Previously, research had shown that natural deaths surged in places where Covid-19 cases were surging.
This correlation has led to researchers estimating that more than 145 000 deaths could be linked to Covid-19, as opposed to the 64 000 official reported deaths.
Gauteng has recorded its deadliest week on record amid a third wave of Covid-19 infections, driven by the Delta variant, with just more than 4 800 deaths from natural causes reported between 27 June and 3 July.
In comparison, 15 334 deaths from all causes were reported nationally in the same week, with just more than 14 000 of those deaths from natural causes, according to estimates prepared by researchers at the South African Medical Research Council s Burden of Disease Research Unit (BDRU) and University of Cape Town s Centre for Actuarial Research (CARe).
Asanda Matlhare The highest number of recorded infections totalled 26 485 on 3 July, when Gauteng had more than 16 000 active cases. Teachers queue to receive the Covid-19 vaccination at the Pretoria North Community Hall, 23 June 2021, Pretoria. Picture: Jacques Nelles Is it too early to tell if SA is turning the corner in Covid infections? In the past couple of weeks, South Africa has been seeing an exorbitant increase in the daily infections of the delta variant. The highest number of recorded infections totalled 26 485 on 3 July, when Gauteng had more than 16 000 active cases. Last night, however, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) statistics showed a decrease in number of the daily infections to 15 501. President Cyril Ramaphosa had placed the country on adjusted level 4 of lockdown as the c