Kenya adjusts COVID-19 infection numbers upwards
In Kenya, cases started increasing again in October. The government has extended the nationwide curfew until January 3 and schools are largely closed until 2021.
South Africa also appears to have been hit by a second wave, and now accounts for more than a third of the coronavirus cases reported across the African continent.
At its peak in July, South Africa was reporting nearly 14,000 new cases per day. This declined by October to around 1,000 new daily cases. Now, however, the number of new daily infections has soared back up to 9,500.
South Africa s Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize said COVID-19 positivity rate the proportion of tests that come back positive had risen to 21%. This is much higher than the ideal rate of 10%, he tweeted.