The number of COVID-19 instances on the African continent has exceeded one million, with The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) showing Friday, with South Africa being the highest hit.
Some 1,007,336 cases have been confirmed, with 22,066 deaths, according to the data; however, infections on the continent still make up a small percentage of the global trend.
“The evolution of the pandemic in Africa has been much smaller than we expected,” said the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, this week.
WHO warned in May that the virus could cause up to 10 million infections on the continent in six months.
African countries have been praised for their early blockade, however, many experts are concerned that the number of cases is much higher due to the lack of evidence.
South Africa, the fifth most severely affected country in the world, has recorded more than one million cases and more than 9,000 deaths, however, the Minister of Health and WHO noted this week that cases appear to be declining.
“We have begun to see a drop in the number of cases in South Africa … but we have to practice it a little more before we say ‘yes, it’s a trend,'” Moeti said.
Ten countries account for 80% of coronavirus tests conducted in Africa, a regional framework said Thursday, noting that few tests are underway in many countries on the continent.
Confirmed Covid-19 instances accelerated in Africa to one million on Thursday. Experts say low levels of testing in many countries mean infection rates are likely to be higher than reported. Some governments across the continent are too deficient or conflicted to conduct large-scale testing, while others are reluctant to know percentages or disclose their ruined fitness systems to external scrutiny.
South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Ghana, Morocco, Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda and Mauritius conducted more than 200,000 tests, said John Nkengasong, director of the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). So far, nearly nine million tests have been conducted across the continent, 9.4% more than last week’s count.
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