This paper describes how an up-to-date national population register recording deaths by
age and sex, whether deaths were due to natural or unnatural causes, and the offices at …

Background. Producing timely and accurate estimates of the impact of COVID-19 on
mortality is challenging for most countries, but impossible for South Africa (SA) from cause-of …

The rapid weekly mortality surveillance system established by a collaboration between the
SAMRC Burden of Disease Research Unit and UCT Centre for Actuarial Research has …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Rapid Mortality Surveillance (RMS) Report has been providing
empirical estimates of the mortality-based high-level indicators for monitoring health and the …

Accurate statistics are essential for policy guidance and decisions. However, the reported
number of cases and COVID-19 deaths are known to be biased due to under-ascertainment …

The reporting of deaths associated with the SARS-CoV-2 virus has had a high policy profile
during the COVID-19 pandemic. This in turn is related to how deaths are counted. In this …

The Australian mortality data are a foundational health dataset which supports research,
policy and planning. The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the need for more timely …

In India, the “low mortality” narrative based on the reported COVID-19 deaths may be
causing more harm than benefit. The extent to which COVID-19 deaths get reported …

Surveillance and monitoring systems are central to governments' responses to the COVID-
19 pandemic. This article focuses on assessing differences in mortality recording across …

Abstract PILLAY-VAN WYK, V et al. COVID deaths in South Africa: 99 days since South
Africa's first death. SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j.[online]. 2020, vol. 110, n. 10. ISSN 2078-5135 …