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· Africa’s coronavirus cases crossed the 400,000 mark as of July 1 according to John Hopkins University, while the death toll has gone over 10,000
· There are over 201,800 active cases against 193,000 recoveries across Africa. South Africa is the most impacted with over 150,000 cases from over 1.6 million tests
Africa’s coronavirus cases crossed the 400,000 mark as of July 1 according to John Hopkins University, while the death toll has gone over 10,000. There are over 201,800 active cases against 193,000 recoveries across Africa. South Africa is the most impacted with over 150,000 cases from over 1.6 million tests.
The top five countries are South Africa (151,209), Egypt (68,311), Nigeria (25,000), Ghana (17,741) and Algeria (13,907). These statistics are relating to the time period July 1, 2020 at 11:01 GMT.
Confirmed cases = 405,171
Active cases = 201,864
Recoveries = 193,149
Number of deaths = 10,158
Africa’s has registered only very low cases compared to other continents. Europe and America alone accounted for over 50% of cases when the WHO recently confirmed that global figures had gone past 10,000,000. Over in South America, Brazil remains one of the worst impacted along with Iran in the Middle East. Russia and India also have very high caseloads.
