The World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has confirmed that the cases of COVID-19 has reached 222,000 in Africa, adding that the continent has lost over 6,000 to the deadly virus.
According to a COVID-19 update on an official twitter page of the Agency, “There are over 222,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 101,000 recoveries and 6,000 deaths”.
The Organisation confirmed that South Africa, Nigeria and Algeria had the highest number of reported cases in Africa saying, South Africa has 61,927 cases and 1,354 deaths, Nigeria has 14,554 confirmed cases and 387 deaths and Algeria has 10,698 confirmed cases and 751 deaths.
However, the latest confirmed cases in Nigeria, as at the time the report was being put together was 15,181.
The nations with lowest cases are Lesotho, Seychelles and Gambia. Lesotho had only four confirmed cases with zero death, Seychelles had 11 confirmed cases with zero death and Gambia has 28 confirmed cases and no death.
