Coronavirus deaths rise in Africa

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa on Tuesday confirmed that there are over 43,000 coronavirus deaths in Africa.

The UN health agency gave the update on its regional official Twitter account @WHOAFRO.

It confirmed that the number of deaths increased to 43,000 as at Nov. 3 against 41,000 as at Oct. 26.

Also, the numbers of recoveries have increased from 1.3 million in Oct. 26 to 1.4 million as at Nov. 3, according to the figures on the WHO dashboard.

The development shows that the number of confirmed cases still remains over 1.7 million.

Over 1.7 million confirmed #COVID19 cases on the African continent - with more than 1.4 million recoveries & 43,000 deaths cumulatively.

View country figures & more with the WHO African Region COVID-19 Dashboard: https://t.co/V0fkK8dYTg pic.twitter.com/AMfS0XG2J4

— WHO African Region (@WHOAFRO) November 2, 2020