Africa COVID-19 cases hits over 1 million

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says African countries are closing in on 1.2 million coronavirus cases mark.

The centre said the cases are now at 1,196,710 with the deaths at 28, 014 and recoveries at 922, 833.

It has it that South Africa has the most cases at 611,450, followed by Egypt 97,478, Morocco 53,252, Nigeria 52,548, Ghana 43,622, Algeria 42,302, Ethiopia 42,143 and Kenya 32,803.

Southern Africa is the continent’s worst-hit region followed by Northern Africa, then the west. East and Central Africa have recorded the least cases so far.

Africa CDC urged nations to be more aggressive in dealing with the pandemic, calling for more testing and contact tracing.