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Two years into the COVID disaster, where do we stand?

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COVID began to hit South Africa badly in May 2020. Now, we are very likely beyond the worst with fewer people dying but COVID remains very infectious and rather deadly, writes Nathan Geffen and Marcus Low.

Two years into the COVID disaster, where do we stand?

COVID-19: What we know about SA’s 33 000 excess deaths so far

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Between the beginning of May and the first week of August, there have been over 33 000 excess deaths in South Africa. This is over three times the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths. Kathryn Cleary asked the experts what we do and do not know about what so many people are dying of.