Health officials have now recorded 1,007,366 confirmed cases, 22,066 deaths and 690,436 recoveries since Covid-19 reached the continent in February, but the real number is likely to be higher as most nations don’t have widespread testing programs.
South Africa has the highest number of total confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa by far, according to @WHOAFRO:
South Africa – 538,184
Egypt – 95,006
Nigeria – 45,244
Ghana – 39,642
Algeria – 33,626
Morocco – 29,644
Kenya – 24,411
Over 1,000,000 confirmed #COVID19 cases on the African continent – with more than 690,000 recoveries & more than 22,000 deaths cumulatively.
— WHO African Region (@WHOAFRO) August 7, 2020
➡️View country figures & more with the WHO African Region COVID-19 Dashboard: https://t.co/V0fkK8dYTg pic.twitter.com/snFlcqD83d
