Coronavirus Africa with 85 deaths and more than 3,200 cases
The number of deaths caused by covid-19 in Africa rose to 85 today with the cumulative cases exceeding 3,200 in 46 countries, according to the latest pandemic statistics.
Dand according to Center for Disease Prevention and Control ( CDC ) of the African Union, which reports data recorded until 9.30 am on Addis Ababa (6:30 am hours from Lisbon), are recorded 3,243 cases of infection and 83 death in 46 countries of the continent.
To these are added the first two deaths of patients with covid -19 recorded in South Africa, a country that today crossed the barrier of 1,000 confirmed cases of the disease.
The Africa CDC records deaths by covid -19 in 17 African countries: Algeria, Burkina Faso , Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt , Gabon, GA mbia , Ghana, Mauritius , Morocco, Nigeria, Sudan, Tunisia, Zimbabwe , Cape Verde, Niger , Kenya.. Don't use plagiarised sources.Get your custom essay just from $11/page
According to the same source, the continent still has 254 recovered patients, numbers that bring the total number of active infections down to 2,989.
North Africa is the region with the highest number of cases and deaths associated with the disease, accounting for 1,249 infections , 60 deaths and 216 recovered patients.
In this region, Egypt (495 confirmed cases) and Algeria (302 confirmed cases) account for 24 and 21 deaths, respectively , concentrating the highest numbers of fatal cases across the continent.
South Africa follows , where Angola and Mozambique are located, with 1,045 cases, most of them concentrated in South Africa (more than 1,000) and two deaths.
The Africa West, where are Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau, recorded 605 cases and 11 deaths.
The region with the fewest cases is Central Africa , which accounts for 170 cases and seven deaths by covid -19.
Eastern African countries account for 247 cases and four deaths.
The Africa South remains the country with the largest backlog of cases of infection in Africa (more than 1,000), and two deaths.
Morocco (275) Tunisia (173), Burkina Faso (152) Senegal (105) and Nigeria (65) are other countries with significant numbers of infections .
In Portuguese-speaking countries , Angola has four confirmed cases of infection with the new coronavirus , Cape Verde has five and one death, Mozambique has confirmed seven and Guinea-Bissau two.
In Equatorial Guinea, which is part of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries, the government confirmed 11 positive cases of infection with the new coronavirus .
Overall, the data indicates the registration of about 500 new cases of infection with the new coronavirus and a further 12 deaths.
The infected population in Africa is mostly male (65%), is, on average, 45 years old and the detection of patients, through travel history, took an average of 5.6 days.
The Africa CDC indicated today that of the 55 countries and territories that are members of the African Union, 24 have decreed the total closure of borders, 10 have suspended international flights and 14 have imposed restrictions on travel or the entry of foreigners from certain countries.
Most member states have mandated quarantine for travelers from countries at risk.
The new coronavirus , responsible for the covid -19 pandemic , has already infected around 540,000 people worldwide, of whom nearly 25,000 died.
After appearing in China in December , the outbreak spread across the world, prompting the World Health Organization ( WHO ) to declare a pandemic situation .