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"in its latest report, published on Wednesday, the SAMRC said South Africa had seen 157,000 excess deaths in the past 12 months and estimated that 85% of them were caused by COVID-19, which means just over 133,000 people have died from the disease.
This compares to an official death toll of 54,968 since the start of the pandemic. "
S.Africa'''s COVID-19 death toll much higher than official tally - report | Reuters
" Experts believe the spread of new coronavirus variants in Africa has contributed to an increase in both cases and deaths reported across the continent.
There's also concern that these variants can't easily be tracked because the testing required to identify them isn't widely available."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53181555
" numerous seroprevalence surveys, which use blood tests to identify whether people have antibodies from prior infection with the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), point to a significant underestimation of African countries’ COVID burden. "
Hidden Toll of COVID in Africa Threatens Global Pandemic Progress - Scientific American
" Presently, no country or continent knows the total number of people infected with COVID-19, despite the confirmed cases. The counts of confirmed cases largely depend on how many people have been tested in each region. To properly monitor the spread of the virus, countries need widespread testing. The African region has about 1.2 billion population, and about 2.4 million people have been tested for COVID-19."
COVID-19: Unpacking the low number of cases in Africa