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According to the Health Department, 15,447 people have died after contracting the virus since March.
Professor Salim Abdool Karim, specialist in infectious diseases. Image: @ UKZN / Twitter.
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s COVID-19 Ministerial Advisory Committee Chairman Professor Salim Abdool Karim said the country’s low coronavirus death rate could be partly attributed to early preparations and a younger population.
According to the Health Department, 15,447 people have died after contracting the virus since March.
However, some experts believe that this number may be underestimated compared to international trends.
Karim said he also thought that more efforts should have been made to protect the elderly against the virus.
“We knew the elderly were high risk, but we were still seeing a large number of elderly deaths and I think we could have done more to prevent that.”
South Africa now ranks eighth on the global list of COVID-19 infections compared to other countries that have been overtaken by Mexico, Colombia and Peru.
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