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Increased mortality among individuals hospitalised with COVID-19 during the second wave in South Africa

2021-03-10

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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Introduction</h4> South Africa experienced its first wave of COVID-19 peaking in mid-July 2020 and a larger second wave peaking in January 2021, in which the SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 lineage predominated. We aimed to compare in-hospital mortality and other patient characteristics between the first and second waves of COVID-19. <h4>Methods</h4> We analysed data from the DATCOV national active sur...

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b3170ffe-0402-543d-8aeb-6895647a2e8f
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10.1101/2021.03.09.21253184
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