0Nairobi - African countries are on high alert of a second wave of COVID-19 outbreak as the number of confirmed cases in the continent hit two million on Thursday. Africa reported its first one million COVID-19 cases on August 7 after it reported the first case on February 14 in Egypt. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 2,013,388 with a death toll of 48,408 on Thursday, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). The most COVID-19-affected African countries in terms of the number of positive cases are South Africa, Morocco, Egypt and Ethiopia, figures from the Africa CDC show. Dr Nkengasong says overall, Africa recorded an eight percent rise in new coronavirus cases in the past month.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 19, 2020 10:47 UTC