Pamela T Munyoro.
(News of The South) – Over 2.2 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent are active cases, with more than 1.9 million recoveries and 54 583 deaths cumulatively and will update on the most affected countries.
Zimbabwe covid-19 cases have spiked immensely with 11 007 positive cases, 9 147 recoveries and 304 deaths that have been recorded.
Zimbabwe lifted its lockdown measures in phases hoping to curb the spread of the virus but it seems the cases have risen way too high since the re- opening of schools and every other functional sectors.
South Africa has conducted about 5, 6 million tests, 821 889 positive cases, 753 072 total recoveries and 22 432 deaths.
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize of South Africa announced that, according to its statistic models, the country entered a second wave of COVID-19 infections.
“We are now entering a second wave. It is important for us to highlight that four provinces – Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng – are the key drivers of this new wave. We look at the number of tests done, the positivity rate, the number of positive cases, the percentage positive, the numbers of people who are admitted, and the number of fatalities. All of these together must show an indication of an increase on a week-to-week period over a seven-day period. We then conclude that there is an increase,”
Nigeria has a total number of 70 669 positive cases, 65 242 recoveries and 1 184 total deaths.
Nigeria is one of the most affected African countries with covid-19 and Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC), is encouraging its citizens to continue with the wearing of face masks as we had towards the holidays.
To date Egypt has recorded 119 702 cases, 6 832 recoveries and 104 074 deaths, making it one of the most affected countries in Africa.
Lastly, Ghana has 52 622 positive cases, 51 424 recoveries with 326 deaths in total.
This update shows how everyone is advised to stick to the covid-19 guidelines in a way to stop the spread of the virus amongst ourselves.
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