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COVID-19: A comparative study of severity of patients hospitalized during the first and the second wave in South Africa

2021-05-11

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<h4>Background</h4> South Africa has experienced two waves of COVID-19 infections, the second of which was inter alia attributed to the emergence of a novel SARS-CoV2 variant, 501Y.V2. This variant possibly has increased virulence and may be associated with increased mortality. The objective of this study was to determine if patients admitted in the second wave had more severe illness and higher mortality than tho...

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10.1101/2021.05.11.21257033
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