The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,222,260 as of Thursday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialised healthcare agency of the African Union, said the death toll from the pandemic stood at 112,820, while 3,771,866 patients across the continent have recovered from the disease, the Xinhua news agency reported. The African continent accounts for 3.3 per cent of total Covid-19 cases reported globally. And Covid-19 related deaths in the African continent account for about 4 percent of all Covid-19 related deaths recorded globally, the Africa CDC disclosed. South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Ethiopia and Egypt are among the African countries with the most cases in the continent, with the five countries accounting for about 65 percent of all cases reported in Africa, according to the Africa CDC.
Read more about Britain registers another 4,052 coronavirus cases, 43 deaths: Govt on Business Standard. Another 4,052 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,345,788, according to official figures released Wednesday
Pakistan s already-slow vaccination process has hit another snag as 550 doses of coronavirus vaccine have reportedly gone missing from Lahore s Service Hospital, Pakistani media reported. An additional 350 doses of coronavirus vaccines stored at the city s Government Mozang Teaching Hospital have gone to waste , while no record could be found about the 550 missing doses, Geo News reported citing sources. On the other hand, the principal of the Services Hospital said that the vaccines haven t disappeared but there has been an issue with the compilation of records. Provincial Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid maintains that the government is carrying out an audit of the vaccine doses and a report related to that will be submitted soon.
Read more about Global Covid-19 caseload surpasses 117.9 million: Johns Hopkins University on Business Standard. The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 117.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.61 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University
Read more about Global Covid-19 caseload tops 117 million: Johns Hopkins University on Business Standard. The total number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 117 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.59 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University