The COVID-19 related death toll in the African continent has reached 49,412, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said.
Africa has surpassed 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases as the continent's top public health official warned Thursday that `continent is inevitably edging toward a second wave'' of infections.
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, Director of World Health Organization (WHO) Africa, says technological health care innovations in COVID-19 has played a key role in containing the spread of the pandemic on the continent.
As of October 16, the confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 55 African countries have reached 1,613,144. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 39,089, and recoveries 1,329,652. To date, 244,401 cases are currently active and 15,311,543 tests have been administered.
The economic damage as well as the health costs caused by coronavirus has left Africa needing $1.2tn (£920bn) over the next three years, the International Monetary Fund has said.
A panel of experts gathered by the World Health Organization (WHO) has listed a number of factors that may be pushing the spread of coronavirus in Africa down.
