COVID-19 spike
COVID-19 cases in Africa exceed 3.1 million
With around 1.26 million cases, South Africa has the highest concentration of COVID-19 infections on the continent, followed by Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt
US adds 50,000 COVID-19 cases in single-day spike, reopening reversed in several States
The fresh surge in the daily reported cases in the US has pushed several State administrations to reconsider plans to reopen their economies
South Africa accounts for a third of Africa’s total COVID-19 cases
Since 65% of all testing in South Africa has been conducted in costly private hospitals, questions are being raised if the most vulnerable sections of the population, which includes the majority of South Africans, are being tested sufficiently for COVID-19?