Covid-19 Killed A lot Of People, Is This Why Census Is Counting Us?

It has been more than two years since the Covid-19 was discovered in China and later spread to hundreds of countries around the world. 

In these few years that this virus has been with us, thousands of people have lost their lives to it. This is what I found out about Covid-19 related deaths around the world: 

“Countries have reported some five million COVID-19 deaths in two years, but global excess deaths are estimated at double or even quadruple that figure.

Last year’s Day of the Dead marked a grim milestone. On 1 November, the global death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic passed 5 million, official data suggested. It has now reached 5.5 million.”

Rumours have started circulating that Census 2022 is counting us to check how many people survived the Covid-19 pandemic. Could this really be the reason why we are being counted this year?

Sources used:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00104-8

https://www.gov.za/faq/statistics/where-do-i-find-south-african-census-records

https://www.gov.za/speeches/parliament-urges-public-participate-census-2022-3-feb-2022-0000

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https://www.paho.org/en/news/24-3-2020-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-and-hiv-key-issues-and-actions

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