According
to AllAfrica data, as of July 27 confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African
countries reached 6,502,260 while over 41,619,926 vaccinations have been
administered across the continent.
Reported
deaths in Africa reached 165,250 and 5,661,822 people have recovered. South
Africa has the most reported cases 2,383,490 and 70,018 people died.
Other
most-affected countries are Morocco (581,477), Tunisia (573,394), Egypt
(284,059), Ethiopia (278,717), Libya (236,961) and Kenya (197,959).
South
Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday said the country had
"largely" passed the peak of its third coronavirus wave and eased
restrictions, including a ban on alcohol sales.
The
continent's worst virus-hit country went back into a partial lockdown last month
to stem an unprecedented Covid-19 resurge widely attributed to the Delta
variant.
Ramaphosa
on Sunday said the average number of daily new infections had stood around
12,000 over the past week, a 20 percent drop from the previous week.
"The
latest figures suggest that we have largely passed the peak of the third wave
of infections, although there are areas in the country where we still need to
be concerned," the president said in an address to the nation.
On June 15,
Morocco recorded 476 cases. Just over a month later in July, the tally stood at
more than 2,100. The Moroccan authorities are increasing the number of warnings
because of this rise.
But so far,
there has been no announcement of a return to restrictive measures.
Kenya on
the other hand has recorded over 197,959 cases of Covid-19 cases with a total
number of vaccinated cases standing at 1, 673,272. The East African nation is
now struggling to curb the spread of the fourth wave.
0 comments:
Post a Comment