South African Journal of Science (Jun 2022)

Corrigendum: The intersection of age, sex, race and socio-economic status in COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths in South Africa

  • Waasila Jassat,
  • Lovelyn Ozougwu,
  • Shehnaz Munshi,
  • Caroline Mudara,
  • Caroline Vika,
  • Tracy Arendse,
  • Maureen Masha,
  • Richard Welch,
  • Nevashan Govender,
  • Joy Ebonwu,
  • Michelle Groome,
  • Andre Joseph,
  • Shabir A. Madhi,
  • Cheryl Cohen,
  • Lucille Blumberg

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2022/13323C
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 118, no. 7/8

Abstract

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Original article: https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2022/13323 The following terminology was erroneously reported: “non-white race” should be “people of colour”, or “black African, coloured and people of Indian descent”. The error appears in the following instances: Page 1, abstract, line 1 and 14 Page 1, under Introduction, paragraph 2, line 6 Page 11, under ‘Higher risk of mortality among non-white patients’, column 1, sub-heading Page 11, under ‘Higher risk of mortality among non-white patients’, column 1, paragraph 1, lines 2, 5 and 9 Page 11, under ‘Higher risk of mortality among non-white patients’, column 2, paragraph 1, line 2 Page 12, under ‘Higher risk of mortality among non-white patients’, column 1, paragraph 3, line 10 Page 12, under ‘Socio-economic status’, column 1, paragraph 1, lines 1, 3, 6, 16 and 21 Page 12, under ‘Healthcare access’, column 2, paragraph 4, lines 3 and 13