There's been a slight increase in Covid-19 infections in Africa over the past few weeks, according to the Africa Centres for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
The number of daily new cases overall has been rising gradually since late September,although there's a lot of variation across
the continent.
Africa accounts for just over two million of the more than 60 million confirmed cases across the world.
What's happened to the numbers?
There was an average increase of 7.5% in new cases each week over the past month, according to data from the Africa CDC.
In the week up to 22 November:
- new cases rose by 1.2% on the previous week
- new deaths increased by 9% on the previous week
approaches.
Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria are among the five countries reporting the highest number of new cases in the past week.
Other countries like Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, DR Congo and Kenya have also seen increases, although some like Ethiopia
have seen decreases.
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