While over 98 per cent of Africans are aware of the existence of COVID-19, 20 per cent (1 in 5) of them believe they cannot contract COVID-19
of COVID-19 topped over 60,000 Saturday — a third of whom have recovered — with deaths hovering around 2,000.
A total of 158,709 people were contacted, 16,442 of whom refused to participate, the report states. Final results are based on completed interviews conducted with 20,990 adults, it adds. “It is crucial that member states continue to monitor and act on a variety of data to inform the public health and social measures they implement.and Member States need to continue to share what they’ve learned with the global community,” the report states.Countries like Ghana and Nigeria, who have recently relaxed weeks of lockdown to ease tensions and restart the economy, have seen an uptick in cases. Ghana on Saturday reported over 500 new cases.
As of April, the fatality rate was placed at 0.66%. “By that measure, the total number of cases expected to result in 1,591 death deaths would be closer to 200,000 — six times the number of recorded cases.”
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