Prognosis
South Africa’s Coronavirus Death Toll Passes Grim Milestone
- Official number of fatalities passes the 100,000 mark
- Fifth wave of infections is expect to hit at end of May
Funeral proceedings for a Covid-19 coronavirus victim in Cape Town, in June 2020.
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South Africa’s official death toll from the coronavirus has passed the 100,000 mark, a week after the country relaxed almost all restrictions in response to a decline in new infections.
An additional 44 deaths from the disease have been reported, bringing the total to 100,020, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases said in a statement on Wednesday. Still, the actual number of Covid-19 related deaths may be triple that toll, studies by the South African Medical Research Council that track the number of deaths above the historical norm show.