[IN NUMBERS] Coronavirus Update: COVID-19 In Africa

SAFRICA-HEALTH-VIRUS — A worker receives a dose of the Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine from a healthcare worker at the Zwartkops Raceway in Centurion on August 13, 2021. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP) (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)

While most cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus have been reported in the U.S. , Europe, and China, the virus is spreading rapidly across the African continent.

The confirmed worldwide cases for the virus have surpassed 200 million with the current figure being at 206,460,183.

The death toll continues to rise globally now surpassing 4 million. It is currently at 4,352,556.

The world is currently dealing with a new variant of the virus known as the ‘Delta Variant’. The variant is known to be in over 85 countries globally.

Africa has just marked the continent’s most dire pandemic week ever. But the worst is yet to come as the fast-moving third wave continues to gain speed and new ground. The end to this precipitous rise is still weeks away. Cases are doubling now every 18 days, compared with every 21 days only a week ago. We can still break the chain of transmission by testing, isolating contacts and cases and following key public health measures.”said Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africaon July 8 2021

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The U.S. leads with 636,298 deaths. Brazil comes second with 566,988. India’s deaths are at 430,285; Mexico is with 246,811 deaths, and Peru is with 197,209.

China, where the virus originated from, maintains that the country’s death toll is at 4,634.

The figure of the global recoveries stands at 185,287,909.

The African continent now has a total figure of 7,235,951 confirmed cases of Covid-19, while the death toll stands at 181,948. The continent has made 6,340,903 recoveries.

World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti said in an online briefing Thursday (1 July) that “The speed and scale of Africa’s third wave are like nothing we’ve seen before.”

“The continent is on the verge of exceeding its worst week ever in this pandemic,” Moeti said

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Here are the country-wide numbers for Africa:

Country	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total Recovered
Algeria	185,042	4,695	124,087
Angola	44,174	1,070	41,024
Benin	9,065	113	8,136
Botswana	136,758	1,973	121,987
Burkina Faso	13,668	170	13,411
Burundi	9,408	38	773
Cabo Verde	34,235	298	33,402
Cameroon	82,454	1,338	80,433
CAR	11,195	98	6,859
Chad	4,981	174	4,800
Comoros	4,035	147	3,881
Congo	13,356	179	12,421
Djibouti	11,672	156	11,503
DRC	52,971	1,050	30,380
Egypt	285,061	16,604	233,729
Equatorial Guinea	8,951	123	8,757
Eritrea	6,597	36	6,525
Eswatini	34,585	905	25,134
Ethiopia	287,184	4,452	264,935
Gabon	25,529	165	25,309
Gambia	8,920	251	8,038
Ghana	109,736	906	102,390
Guinea	27,645	277	25,124
Guinea-Bissau	4,986	84	4,313
Ivory Coast	51,926	354	50,632
Kenya	218,713	4,302	201,054
Lesotho	14,243	397	6,711
Liberia	5,459	148	2,715
Libya	279,099	3,869	204,108
Madagascar	42,802	951	42,501
Malawi	57,273	1,919	42,199
Mali	14,669	534	14,001
Mauritania	29,307	627	25,136
Mauritius	5,349	21	1,854
Mayotte	19,546	175	2,964
Morocco	731,084	10,711	639,534
Mozambique	136,566	1,671	115,931
Namibia	121,817	3,244	108,553
Niger	5,716	196	5,424
Nigeria	180,661	2,200	166,560
Rwanda	78,303	930	45,045
Réunion	43,835	298	38,315
Saint Helena	2		2
Sao Tome and Principe	2,480	37	2,379
Senegal	70,125	1,570	53,044
Seychelles	18,895	98	18,314
Sierra Leone	6,332	121	4,324
Somalia	16,195	870	7,888
South Africa	2,568,511	76,247	2,344,896
South Sudan	11,143	120	10,514
Sudan	37,551	2,804	31,482
Tanzania	1,367	50	183
Togo	17,434	163	15,244
Tunisia	620,212	21,600	558,400
Uganda	96,497	2,856	94,039
Western Sahara	10	1	8
Zambia	201,867	3,515	194,673
Zimbabwe	118,754	4,047	94,925