Covid-19 Report 5: Spike in Cape Town natural deaths

Vaccine makes it through first hurdle, setback for antibody tests and much more in the fifth Covid-19 report. We point you to the latest quality science on the pandemic

The SA Medical Research Council has been publishing weekly updates of the number of registered deaths in South Africa. This is vital to see the effect of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic because deaths officially assigned to Covid-19 will be an underestimate.

Throughout the lockdown, the number of deaths has been lower than expected because of a decline in homicides and vehicle accidents. Countrywide, this to was the case in the week ending May 19.