Nairobi, Mar 4 (Prensa Latina) Contagions and deaths from causes associated with Covid-19 in Africa have increased again for the second consecutive day, according to reports from the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (Africa CDC).
In contrast to the successive decreases in both indices over several days, the trend had decreased since the middle of last week and on Wednesday, the last day included in the CDC report, the number of patients amounted to 3,925,433, an increase of 11,432 cases.
There was also an increase in deaths due to contagions, with 485 on a single day, bringing the total death toll to 104,664.
The question is whether the new CDC report is a warning of a greater spread or a repetition of the ups and downs both infections and deaths have experienced over the last year since the outbreak of the pandemic in the African continent.
The case of South Sudan is a significant one, since on the contrary there were 109 contagions and three deaths, according to the spokesman for the Ministry of Health Hussein Abdelbagi Akol.
These figures are small, considering that this is one of the poorest countries in the continent, lacks a healthcare system and is beset by armed conflicts that have caused population exoduses, relentless drought and, to top it all, the devastating effects of a plague of desert locusts.
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There was also an increase in deaths due to contagions, with 485 on a single day, bringing the total death toll to 104,664.
The question is whether the new CDC report is a warning of a greater spread or a repetition of the ups and downs both infections and deaths have experienced over the last year since the outbreak of the pandemic in the African continent.
The case of South Sudan is a significant one, since on the contrary there were 109 contagions and three deaths, according to the spokesman for the Ministry of Health Hussein Abdelbagi Akol.
These figures are small, considering that this is one of the poorest countries in the continent, lacks a healthcare system and is beset by armed conflicts that have caused population exoduses, relentless drought and, to top it all, the devastating effects of a plague of desert locusts.
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