Recently filled graves are seen in the Olifantsveil Cemetery outside Johannesburg, South Africa. In the week ending on Sunday, the continent saw a 28 per cent decrease in deaths, the Africa CDC said yesterday. But many more people across Africa have died of Covid-19, even though they are not included in the official toll. South Africa, the hardest-hit country on the continent, saw more than 125,000 excess deaths from natural causes between May 3 and January 23. "We are definitely not counting all the deaths, especially in the second wave," the Africa CDC's Nkengasong told reporters last week.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 19, 2021 09:55 UTC