MORE than five million people have contracted the Covid-19 virus in Africa since it emerged in China in late 2019, data compiled by AFP from official sources showed Saturday.
A total of 5 008 656 cases of the coronavirus have been reported in 54 countries and territories, including almost 109 800 in the past seven days, for a daily average of 15 680.
More than 134 000 people have died, and the daily average of around 320 represents an increase of 16 percent from the comparable figure a week ago.
The number of official cases is probably just a fraction of the actual number moreover, owing to variations in health policies and varied levels of testing capacity from one country to another.
Africa is now the only region where the Covid pandemic is still on the rise, with a weekly increase of 30 percent, and it is at risk of
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