The Latest: SAfrican institute reports discrepancy in deaths

JOHANNESBURG — The South African Medical Research Council is reporting a “huge discrepancy” between the country’s confirmed COVID-19 deaths and the number of excess deaths from natural causes.The new report shows more than 17,000 excess deaths from May 6 to July 14 as compared to data from the past two years.According to the report, “In the past weeks, the numbers have shown a relentless increase – by the second week of July, there were 59% more deaths from na