Africa COVID-19 Update: Figures Keep Rising
As countries of the world continue the battle to contain the coronavirus pandemic, emerging figures indicate that there are currently over 168,464 cases on African continent.
Latest reports show that South Africa still remains the African nation suffering most from the pandemic with over 40,000 confirmed cases of the virus.
At present, the numbers indicate that Nigeria has 11,844 cases with 333 deaths; South Africa has 43,434 cases and 908 deaths while Ghana reports 9,168 cases with 42 deaths so far.
Of the 168,464 confirmed cases on the continent, there are reports of more than 73,000 recoveries and 4,700 deaths.
Patients Flee Hospitals In Cameroon
Fear of the unknown has seen hundreds of patients fleeing hospitals after a jump in COVID-19 numbers in Cameroon.
Health authorities said the patients are terrified of catching the coronavirus at the different hospitals.
However, the officials have warned that not receiving treatment for their health issues can be far more dangerous for the fleeing patients.
South Africa’s Cases Going Up!
With South Africa easing its coronavirus lockdown, infection numbers have started to rise quickly, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday that he was particularly concerned about issues in the province around Cape Town.
Western Cape, whose Table Mountain and wine tours make it a leading tourist destination, has become the country’s main coronavirus hotspot, with around two-thirds of the country’s total 40,792 cases.
The President is concerned that the region has also recorded 651 out of the the country’s total of 848 deaths.
South Africa recorded its largest daily jump of cases on Thursday, with 3,267 new cases and President Ramaphosa visited Cape Town on Friday to be briefed on efforts to tackle the virus, including the opening of a new temporary field hospital for mild to moderately sick patients.
“The Western Cape is the epicentre for COVID-19 infections and this concerns us deeply,” he said.