Africa’s COVID-19 cases reduce by 23% –WHO

Despite the increase in global cases, African has reported a decline in the number of COVID-19 cases in the last few weeks.

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This was according to the report released by World Health Organisation (WHO).

It says, “the African Region reported the largest percentage decrease in cases and death incidence, 23%, and 18% respectively”.

The report also identified the countries where the most increase in cases was recorded.

“This increasing trend is largely attributed to increases in the Western Pacific Region and the Region of the Americas which reported 14% and 8% increases respectively as compared to the previous week,” it said.

According to the report, the highest numbers of new cases in the past week were reported by the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and India.

While the highest numbers of new deaths in the past week were reported by Indonesia, Brazil, and the Russian Federation.

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