As the coronavirus pandemic ravages health facilities across the globe, killing just over 334 000 people worldwide, and with many health analysts saying that the worst is yet to come in Africa, the continent has recorded just over 40,000 recoveries as of Friday.
CAPE TOWN - As the coronavirus pandemic ravages health facilities across the globe, killing just over 334 000 people worldwide, and with many health analysts saying that the worst is yet to come in Africa, the continent has recorded just over 40,000 recoveries as of Friday.
However, the true number of recorded active infections on the continent is 58,146 cases – if one removes the recovered cases and the deaths from the total infections tally.The country’s health ministry reported over 20 000 cases and just under 400 deaths in its Friday update. The nation recorded its first coronavirus case on March 5. The country has, however, recorded the highest number of recoveries on the continent, which now stands at 8,950.
Egypt has just surpassed the 15,000 mark in infections and leads the African continent with the highest number of deaths. British daily newspaper The Guardian reported that Egyptian doctors are increasingly at odds with Egyptian health authorities about the coronavirus outbreak. Many health workers are calling for more personal protective equipment , while others are calling for a full lockdown in response to the rapid growth in infections.
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