Africa's COVID-19 cases rise to 115,000

Africa's coronavirus cases have risen to a total of 115,000 at May 26, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday.

The update was released on the official Twitter handle of the WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, @WHOAFRO.

“There are over 115,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 46,000 recoveries and 3,400 deaths,” it said.

As it stands, South Africa, Algeria and Nigeria have reported the highest cases of COVID-19 in Africa, according to the WHO figures.

According to the report, South Africa had 23,615 cases and 418 deaths followed by Algeria with 8,503 cases and 609 deaths, while Nigeria had 8,068 confirmed cases and 233 deaths.

Ghana had 6,808 reported cases and 32 deaths, while Cameroon recorded 4, 890 confirmed cases and 165 deaths while Lesotho (two), Seychelles (11) and Namibia (21) were countries currently with the lowest confirmed cases in the region without a single death.

Meanwhile, as at May 25, the novel coronavirus had infected more than 5.4 million people and killed over 344,000 worldwide, according to John Hopkins University.

(NAN)