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Over 50% of South Africans likely to have had Covid-19, says Discovery Health

According to Adrian Gore, over 5,000 members of Discovery's Health insurance programme have passed away from Covid-19 in South Africa.
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More than 50% of South Africans may have had Covid, insurer says

By Antony Sguazzin
(Bloomberg) – More than half of South Africans are likely to have been infected with Covid-19, the chief executive officer of the country's biggest health insurer said.
While about 48,000 deaths have been officially attributed to the disease the number of excess deaths in the country over the period of the pandemic is approaching 140,000 and this indicates the high infection rate, said Adrian Gore, chief executive officer of Discovery Ltd., in an interview on Johannesburg's 702 Talk Radio late yesterday.
Almost 5,000 members of Discovery's health insurance programme have died from Covid-19, Gore said in a letter posted on LinkedIn yesterday.
(Updates with number of Discovery members who have died in last paragraph)
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