Registered COVID deaths in South Africa during the first year of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic

Authors

  • T A Moultrie Centre for Actuarial Research, University of Cape Town, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1949-535X
  • R Dorrington Centre for Actuarial Research, University of Cape Town, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6865-9739
  • D Bradshaw Burden of Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa; School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3588-2184
  • P Groenewald Burden of Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2024.v114i8.2269

Keywords:

deaths; South Africa; Covid-19; SARS-Cov-2

Abstract

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Author Biographies

  • T A Moultrie, Centre for Actuarial Research, University of Cape Town, South Africa

    Professor of Demography, Centre for Actuarial Research, U Cape Town

  • R Dorrington, Centre for Actuarial Research, University of Cape Town, South Africa

    Professor Emeritus, Centre for Actuarial Research, University of Cape Town, South Africa

  • D Bradshaw, Burden of Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa; School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

    Burden of Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council; School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

  • P Groenewald, Burden of Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

    Burden of Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

References

Statistics South Africa. Mortality and causes of death in South Africa: Findings from death notification, 2020. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa, 2024. Report P0309.3. https://www.statssa.gov. za/?page_id=1854&PPN=P0309.3&SCH=73918 (accessed 15 May 2024).

Bradshaw D, Dorrington RE, Laubscher R, Moultrie TA, Groenewald P. Tracking mortality in near to real time provides essential information about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa in 2020. S Afr Med J 2021;111(8):732-740. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i8.15809

Bradshaw D, Dorrington R, Laubscher R, Groenewald P, Moultrie T. COVID-19 and all-cause mortality in South Africa – the hidden deaths in the first four waves. S Afr J Sci 2022;118(5/6). https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2022/13300

National Institute for Communicable Diseases. COVID-19 hospital surveillance update: Week 47. 2022. Johannesburg: NICD, 2022. https://www.nicd.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/COVID- 19-Hospital-Surveillance-Week-47.pdf (accessed 15 May 2024).

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Published

2024-08-02

Issue

SAMJ Vol. 114 no. 8

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Moultrie TA, Dorrington R, Bradshaw D, Groenewald P. Registered COVID deaths in South Africa during the first year of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic. S Afr Med J [Internet]. 2024 Aug. 2 [cited 2026 Jan. 25];114(8):e2269. Available from: https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/samj/article/view/2269

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