COVID-19: Brazil Overtaking Russia For Second Place In The World As Number Of Cases In Africa Hits 100,000

COVID-19: Brazil Overtaking Russia For Second Place In The World As Number Of Cases In Africa Hits 100,000

Brazil’s health ministry announced that 330,890 people have contracted the virus and 21,048 have died, overtaking Russia for second place in the world for highest number of cases, after the US.

Africa has now recorded more than 100,000 cases of coronavirus, according to an AFP tally drawn from official figures on Friday.

Across the continent, a total of 100,002 cases had been registered as of 1100 GMT Friday, of which 3,095 were fatal.

Countries in northern Africa have the highest death tolls, led by Egypt (696 deaths from 15,003 cases) and Algeria (575 deaths from 7,728 cases).

South of the Sahara, the highest tolls have been in South Africa (397 deaths out of 20,125 cases) and Nigeria (211 deaths, 7,016 cases)

The continent-wide figure is far behind that of the United States, with 1,577,758 cases, 96,978 of them deaths, and Europe, with 1,974,501 cases and 171,011 deaths.

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