Using generalized structured additive regression models to determine factors associated with and clusters for COVID-19 hospital deaths in South Africa

• Main Authors: Innocent Maposa (Author), Richard Welch (Author), Lovelyn Ozougwu (Author), Tracy Arendse (Author), Caroline Mudara (Author), Lucille Blumberg (Author), Waasila Jassat (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The first case of COVID-19 in South Africa was reported in March 2020 and the country has since recorded over 3.6 million laboratory-confirmed cases and 100 000 deaths as of March 2022. Transmission and infection of SARS-CoV-2 virus and deaths in general due to COVID-19 have been...