Africa COVID-19 cases surpass 2m – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, on Friday, disclosed that there are over two million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent.

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The UN health agency gave the update on WHO African Region COVID-19 Dashboard.

WHO stated that there were more than two million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 1.7 million recoveries and 48,000 deaths cumulatively.

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South Africa, Algeria and Kenya were countries with the highest number of reported confirmed cases.

According to the dashboard, South Africa reported 757,144 cases and 20,556 deaths; Algeria had 70,629 cases and 2,206 deaths while Kenya reported  72,686 reported cases and 1,313 deaths.

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The dashboard also stated that Nigeria had reported 65,693 cases and 1,163 deaths from COVID-19.

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