On Tuesday,The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed that Africa had risen to over 150000 COVID-19 Cases.
This was made known to the populace by The World Health Organisation Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo,on its Twitter page. It said as at June 2.
WHO said:
“There are over 150,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 63,000 recoveries and 4,200 deaths.”
According to the figures disclosed, South Africa, Nigeria and Algeria have the highest reported cases on the continent.
South Africa has 34,357 cases and 705 deaths, followed by Nigeria with 10, 578 confirmed cases and 299 deaths, while Algeria has 9,513 confirmed cases and 661 deaths.
It said Ghana had 8,070 reported cases and 36 deaths, while Cameroon recorded 6,397 confirmed cases and 191 deaths.
Namibia, Seychelles and Lesotho were the countries with confirmed lowest cases of COVID-19.
Lesotho had only two confirmed cases with zero death, Seychelles had 11 reported cases and zero death, while Namibia recorded 25 confirmed cases with no death.
