related_tweet: south africa lost around 50k people to covid in 2020 and we all heard about it. in any given year, approx. 70,000 die in sa from aids. 1 in 5 sa 15-49 have aids; the hiv prevalence rate for adults aged 15 to 49 is 37% in swaziland, 25% in lesotho and 25% in botswana.