“Country is also third highest when it comes to daily infections at 54, after Seychelles, SA.”
M– Eswatini is among five African countries that have recorded the highest number of new COVID-19 cases.
The country is also the third highest when it comes to daily infections at 54, after Seychelles (420) and South Africa (107).
This is the average number of new cases per million populations per day.
In the past week alone, Eswatini had 445 new cases which placed it at number four after South Africa (45 625), Zimbabwe (568) and Tunisia (485). Namibia is on number five with 408.
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in its weekly analysis that the Southern African region continued to lead both in new deaths and new cases.
“A total of 195 new deaths were
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr John Nkengasong during the weekly briefing.
reported in Africa compared to 89 from the previous week. This represents a 119 per cent increase in new deaths from the previous week. A total of 49,931 new cases were reported in Africa. This is a 32 per cent increase from the previous week.”
HigHer
Eswatini has been listed together with South Africa as countries that have reported a test positivity rate higher than 12 per cent this week.
For this reason, South Africa (SA) has recorded a 57 per cent average increase in new cases while the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya cases increased by 17 per cent and eight per cent respectively.
Giving an update, Africa CDC Director Dr John Nkengasong said SA was the latest country to
Over 11.5 million COVID-19 cases have been reported in Africa, accounting for 3 per cent of total cases reported globally. Total recoveries equal to 94 per cent of the total cases reported in Africa.
With 252 434 deaths, Africa accounts for 4.1 per cent of deaths reported globally. Somalia and Sudan are reporting a Case Fatality Rate higher than 5 per cent.
The highest proportion of new cases is from the Southern region (95 per cent).
506 623 were done last week, a 13 per cent increase from the previous week when 450 303 tests were reported.
have declared a fifth wave of COVID-19, bringing the total number of countries experiencing this wave to 12. “Mauritius is still the only African country that is already in the sixth wave,” he said.
When comparing epidemiology weeks April 25 to May 1 and May 2-8 it transpired that the total number of deaths increased by 119 per cent in the continent.