Speaking to press on Thursday, John Nkengasong, Africa CDC Director, said the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the continent had reached 51,698 as of Thursday morning. "The number of COVID-19 cases is on an upward trend, with 14,757 new COVID-19 cases confirmed between April 30 and May 6," said Nkengasong. "West Africa recorded 5,243 new COVID-19 cases over the last one week followed by North Africa with 4,492 COVID-19 new cases, Southern Africa with 2,557 new COVID-19 cases, Central Africa with 1,280 new COVID-19 cases and East Africa with 1,185 new COVID-19 cases respectively," he said. The Africa CDC Director also said South Africa has the highest number of COVID-19 cases so far with 7,800 cases, followed by Egypt at 7,500 cases. The Africa CDC currently estimated fatality rates of COVID-19 cases to be around 3.9 percent of all cases in the continent.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 07, 2020 14:48 UTC