Africa exceeded 7 million cases of COVID-19, as nations across the continent battle against a rise in Delta-driven infections, according to the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC ).
The total of the positive confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the continent reached 7,015,907 on Sunday, the total of deaths linked to the pandemic stood at 176,900, and that of recovery at 6,119,091, added the Africa CDC.
Africa is currently grappling with a third wave of COVID-19, which led the continent to record a million more cases in just three weeks since July 14.
Currently, 32 African countries, or about 58% of the countries of the continent, are experiencing the third wave of infections. Three countries including Algeria, Kenya, and Tunisia.
South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, and Ethiopia are the countries with the most cases on the continent, according to the CDC Africa.
24 African countries have also reported a higher virus fatality than the overall average of 2.1%.
The WHO said that this wave is driven by a mix of public fatigue, social mixing, ineffective use of public health and social measures, vaccine inequity, and the spread of new variants.
Africa has lagged behind the rest of the world in COVID-19 vaccines, accounting for just 1.6% of doses administered globally. Most countries in Africa are part of the international Covax vaccine-sharing scheme, but so far, only 19 countries have used more than 80% of Covax-supplied doses.
Most African countries do not have access, and can’t afford to buy large doses of the anti-COVID-19 vaccine due to poverty and social inequalities.
Morocco has a quarter of its population fully vaccinated, due to the efforts of the national vaccination campaign, and a stable flow of Sinopharm, AstraZeneca, Janssen, and most recently, Pfizer vaccines.
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