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Record Weekly Covid-19 Deaths in Africa - WHO

Weekly Covid-19 deaths in Africa have reached a record peak in the week that ended on 1 August, marking the highest seven-day toll since the onset of the pandemic in the continent, new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows.

Over 6400 deaths were recorded, a 2% rise compared with the previous week, with South Africa and Tunisia accounting for over 55% of the fatalities. Death trends are on the rise in 15 countries, and 12 have reported higher case fatality rates than the African average of 2.5% over the last month. With more than 172 000 deaths, Africa accounts for over 4% of the 4.2 million Covid-19 related deaths recorded globally to date.

As of August 5, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the continent toltalled 6,859,784. Of these, 174,054 porved fatal and 6,003,999 resulted in recovery.

Africa: Record Weekly Covid-19 Deaths in Africa

WHO, 5 August 2021

Weekly COVID-19 deaths in Africa reached a record peak in the week that ended on 1 August, marking the highest seven-day toll since the onset of the pandemic in the continent, new… Read more »
Africa: Africa Announces the Rollout of 400 Million Vaccine Doses to the African Union Member States and the Caribbean

African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team, 5 August 2021

His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa and African Union (AU) COVID-19 Champion, is pleased to announce the start of monthly shipments… Read more »
Africa: Continent's Death Toll From Covid-19 Increasing

VOA, 29 July 2021

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the continent's death toll from COVID-19 has jumped 17 percent in the past month. In a media briefing Thursday, the… Read more »