South Africa, April 15 -- Deloitte's latest State of the Consumer tracker, which measures consumer sentiment across 18 countries for March 2021, shows South Africans are currently most concerned about finances - even more so than the health impact of Covid-19.

Covid-19 began as a health pandemic and has now transformed into a full-blown financial crisis around the world. While anxiety levels are declining in most regions, India, Chile, South Africa, Italy and Ireland all reported rising anxiety levels, with consumers in these countries reporting that their anxiety had increased in the last week. Indian consumers were 27% more anxious, followed by South Africa at 12%.

By contrast, anxiety levels declined by at least 10% in the United Sta...