And the lefty loons on the PF wonder why we quitting funding them.

South Africa is over 11,350 cases and from reports, half are from the Cape Town area.

It appears that South Africa will be closing in on 20,000 cases on Friday.

It appears that the black populations is out and about in towns and cities and the white population is being monitored for lock down.

That the story I am getting and from some of the news clips available.

Africa virus cases surpass 100,000; lockdowns slowed growth

Africa's coronavirus cases have surpassed 100,000, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday, as the continent with many fragile health systems has not yet seen the high numbers of other parts of the world.

More than 3,100 people have died from COVID-19 across the continent of 1.3 billion people.

The African continent has seen roughly the same number of new cases in the past week as the week before, Africa CDC director John Nkengasong said Thursday, adding that “we hope that trend continues” instead of a rapid exponential increase.

While early lockdowns in many of Africa's 54 countries slowed the growth of the pandemic, Nkengasong said “that doesn’t mean Africa has been spared.”
But he said health officials are not seeing a lot of community deaths or “massive flooding of our hospitals” because of COVID-19.

The situation in Africa remains quite varied, the World Health Organization's emergencies chief, Mike Ryan, told reporters Friday. In the past week, four countries had an increase in virus cases of over 100%.

He noted Africa's young population, median age under 20, but said it "doesn't in any way reduce the chance the disease will spread.” And no one knows what impact the virus will have on millions of undernourished people and overcrowded refugee camps. “So there's still a lot to be learned.”

Testing in Africa remains low. Nkengasong said the continent needs to test about 10 times the number of people it has already tested. It should strive to test at least 1% of the population, or 13 million people, but so far only 1.3 million to 1.4 million tests have been conducted. Shortages of equipment remain a problem.

Countries with fragile health systems and a recent history of conflict like Somalia and South Sudan remain a worry for health officials as cases rise. And in Tanzania, where the president claims the virus has been defeated by prayer, the government hasn't updated its case numbers in three weeks.

South Africa has been testing assertively and leads the continent with more than 19,000 cases.

Africa’s worst-case scenario, according to published models, would see more than 3 million infected and more than 300,000 deaths and “that would be overwhelming for sure,” Nkengasong said. But he warned that “models are only as good as the assumptions we put in there.”

South Africa is starting to move quickly now. The country is starting to let citizens go back to work.

Looking like the next few months will be watched by many. Especially the AH group wanting to travel to Africa.

Anatomy of a Covid-19 outbreak: how the coronavirus tore through a South African hospital

More than a dozen patients and staff at a small Durban medical centre died within weeks as the coronavirus was transmitted from ward to ward

A report into outbreak offers lessons for the health system as a whole, the study’s authors say

Jevans Nyabiage
Tuesday, 26 May 2020, 10:30:PM

On March 9, a patient, who had recently been to Europe, visited a private hospital in Durban, South Africa, seeking treatment after showing symptoms of Covid-19, the disease caused by the pandemic coronavirus. Within weeks, 39 patients and 80 hospital staff had been infected and 15 were dead.

The coronavirus spread rapidly, transmitted from ward to ward between patients, doctors and nurses in the early days of the country’s encounter with the disease.

Now scientists at the University of KwaZulu-Natal have retraced the coronavirus’ deadly path through the hospital in a report that its authors say offers lessons not just for the medical facility but also for the public and private health system as a whole.

Richard Lessells, an infectious diseases specialist at the university and one of the study’s authors, said the cluster was believed to have started in the emergency unit at St Augustine’s Hospital.

On March 9, two patients came into close contact at the unit – one had suspected coronavirus and recently returned from Europe, and the other was being admitted after having a stroke.

The virus found its way from one person to the other and from there it spread very rapidly throughout the hospital on various wards.
“We could see evidence that it was transmitted from patient to patient and from patient to health care workers and back from health care workers to patients. There was quite a widespread transmission within the hospital,” Lessells said.

The study, commissioned by the National Department of Health, revealed that patients were exposed to the virus in six main waves of transmission involving five hospital wards: neurology, intensive care units, surgical wards, and at a nearby nursing home and a dialysis centre.

In their investigation, the researchers reviewed both medical and staff files, laboratory records, and radiological images of confirmed cases. They also studied the inpatient electronic tracking system to determine the movement of cases within and between wards and to pinpoint the location of occupied beds.

The spread through the hospital was helped by the frequent movement of patients between and within wards. From the main hospital, smaller outbreaks emerged at a nursing home, where four cases were recorded and at an outpatient dialysis unit on the hospital campus, where a further nine patients and eight staff were infected.

The scientists were also able to generate the Covid-19 genome from 18 patient samples, with the identical viral strains in the samples pointing to a single source of the virus.

“Overall, we estimate that up to 135 infections may have been … acquired [in the hospital] as a result of the single introduction of the virus to the hospital, accounting for about 14 per cent of all cases in KwaZulu‐Natal reported by April 30,” the scientists said.

Fifteen of the 39 patients infected with Covid-19 in the main outbreak died, with a case fatality rate at 38.5 per cent. Most of the deaths were in elderly patients with underlying diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure, the researchers found.

However, the study said the hospital missed earlier opportunities to control the spread of the disease, including overlooking coronavirus symptoms.

“Earlier recognition of possible Covid-19 infection in the patients, leading to earlier isolation, tracing of potential sources of infection, and appropriate management of exposed contacts could potentially have averted infections and limited onwards transmission,” the study noted.

The problem could have also been uncovered at an earlier stage if the first infected health care worker case had been investigated to identify potential sources of infection within the hospital.

“This outbreak highlights how easily and rapidly Covid-19 can spread through a hospital, exposing weaknesses in respiratory virus infection prevention and control,” the report said.

To reduce the risk of similar outbreaks, “we need to strengthen infection prevention and control systems and practices throughout our hospitals”. The report also advised hospitals to establish separate zones and entry points to isolate people who might have Covid-19 from those who probably did not have the disease.

Craig Murphy, regional director of Netcare, the hospital group that owns St Augustine’s, described the cluster as “a sad and transformative experience”. He welcomed the report and said the recommendations and interventions made by the investigators had been implemented.

“Many valuable lessons have been learned for our health care sector,” Murphy said.

He said two of the greatest challenges associated with Covid-19 were that those infected did not always show or have any of the symptoms, and that the virus was highly infectious.

The study was conducted when South Africa only had a handful of cases in early March. Its authors also included Mahomed Yunus Suleman Moosa, head of the department of infectious diseases at the University of KwaZulu‐Natal and Tulio de Oliveira, director of the KwaZulu‐Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform, at the university.

Lessells said the investigation was conducted “so that we can learn the lessons not just for St Augustine’s Hospital but for all the private and public hospital systems”.

“We hope that by strengthening our systems we can limit the extent of the outbreaks and stop them from fuelling the transmission in the community. That’s our biggest worry at the moment that these clusters of infections in hospitals, workplaces and prisons are going to drive the transmissions in the community,” he said.

The report, which was released earlier this month but only made public over the weekend, came at a time when more than 3,400 health care workers in Africa have been infected by the coronavirus disease.

The World Health Organisation has said that health authorities must prioritise the protection of health workers.

South Africa, which has the highest number of infections on the continent, had recorded 23,615 cases and 481 deaths as of Monday. However, the country has also conducted half a million coronavirus tests – the most of any country in Africa.

quote:

Originally posted by Bwana338:
Reporting from John Hopkins University..

Tanzania has not tested in May, testing was stopped after fruit and goats tested positive, using china faulty test kits.

Reporting is sketchy by country and # of deaths are not accurate. With so few tests being performed some deaths are not being reported.

Country.......# Cases .....# deaths
Benin .................232 ............3
Botswana .............35 ............1
Burkina Faso .......847 ..........53
Cameroon .........5904 ........191
Congo ................571 ..........19
DR Congo ..........3070 ..........72
Ethiopia .............1172 ...........11
Kenya ...............1962 ..........64
Mozambique ........254 ............2
Namibia ...............23 ............0
South Africa .....32683 ........683
Tanzania .............509 ...........21
Uganda ..............413 ............0
Zambia .............1057 ............7
Zimbabwe ..........174 .............4

End of May and South Africa is gaining about 1,500 cases a day and the county is letting most everyone go back to work. There are currently over 100,000 test sitting in back log waiting on a lab to process.

Many African countries are only testing a few days a week and other have not tested in a month.

Dunno how that virus survives in Benin?

I know what you are saying Andrew, however the country has only performed test 6 days in the last 2 weeks of May.

quote:

Originally posted by Bwana338:
Reporting from John Hopkins University..

Tanzania has not tested in May or June, testing was stopped after fruit and goats tested positive, using china faulty test kits.

Reporting is sketchy by country and # of deaths are not accurate. With so few tests being performed some deaths are not being reported.

Country.......# Cases .....# deaths
Benin .................288 ............4
Botswana .............42 ............1
Burkina Faso .......890 ..........53
Cameroon .........8060 ........212
Congo ................683 ..........22
DR Congo ..........4106 .........88
Ethiopia .............2256 .........27
Kenya ...............2872 ..........85
Mozambique ........433 ............2
Namibia ...............31 ............0
South Africa .....50879 ......1080
Tanzania .............509 ..........21
Uganda ..............616 ............0
Zambia .............1200 ..........10
Zimbabwe ..........279 ............4

South Africa hit 50,879 cases today.

South Africa reached 70,038 cases today. It is predicted that the peak will be in September.

quote:

Originally posted by Bwana338:
Reporting from John Hopkins University..

Tanzania has not tested in May or June, testing was stopped after fruit and goats tested positive, using china faulty test kits.

Other countries are testing limited days and have set age requirements on who to test. So who knows what is going on.

Reporting is sketchy and very limited by country and # of deaths are not accurate (reports of many deaths however no testing). With so few tests being performed some deaths are not being reported.

Country.......# Cases .....# deaths
Benin .................442 ............5
Botswana .............48 ............1
Burkina Faso .......894 ..........53
Cameroon .........8681 ........212
Congo ................728 ..........24
DR Congo ..........4778 ........107
Ethiopia .............3345 .........57
Kenya ...............3594 ........103
Mozambique ........553 ............2
Namibia ...............32 ............0
South Africa .....70038 ......1480
Tanzania .............509 ..........21
Uganda ..............696 ............0
Zambia .............1358 ..........10
Zimbabwe ..........383 ............4

quote:

Originally posted by Bwana338:
Reporting from John Hopkins University..

Tanzania has not tested in May or June, testing was stopped after fruit and goats tested positive, using china faulty test kits.

Other countries are testing limited days and have set age requirements on who to test. So who knows what is going on.

Reporting is sketchy and very limited by country and # of deaths are not accurate (reports of many deaths however no testing). With so few tests being performed some deaths are not being reported.

Country.......# Cases .....# deaths
Benin .................572 ............9
Botswana .............79 ............1
Burkina Faso .......895 ..........53
Cameroon .........9864 ........276
Congo ................883 ..........27
DR Congo ..........5100 ........115
Ethiopia .............3759 .........63
Kenya ...............4044 ........107
Mozambique ........651 ............4
Namibia ...............36 ............0
South Africa .....80412 ......1674
Tanzania .............509 ..........21
Uganda ..............732 ............0
Zambia .............1412 ..........11
Zimbabwe ..........401 ............4

South Africa reached 80,412 cases today.

South Africa is moving quickly in number of cases.

quote:

Originally posted by Bwana338:
Reporting from John Hopkins University..

Tanzania has not tested in May or June, testing was stopped after fruit and goats tested positive, using china faulty test kits.

Other countries are testing limited days and have set age requirements on who to test. So who knows what is going on.

Reporting is sketchy and very limited by country and # of deaths are not accurate (reports of many deaths however no testing). With so few tests being performed some deaths are not being reported.

Country.......# Cases .....# deaths
Benin .................650 ...........11
Botswana .............89 ............1
Burkina Faso .......901 ..........53
Cameroon ........10638 ........282
Congo ................883 ..........27
DR Congo ..........5672 ........125
Ethiopia .............4469 .........72
Kenya ...............4478 ........121
Mozambique ........688 ...........4
Namibia ...............46 ............0
South Africa .....92681 ......1877
Tanzania .............509 ..........21
Uganda ..............763 ............0
Zambia .............1430 ..........11
Zimbabwe ..........479 ............4

Cases are moving quickly now in South Africa.

quote:

Originally posted by Bwana338:
Reporting from John Hopkins University..

Tanzania has not tested in May or June, testing was stopped after fruit and goats tested positive, using china faulty test kits.

Other countries are testing limited days and have set age requirements on who to test. So who knows what is going on.

Reporting is sketchy and very limited by country and # of deaths are not accurate (reports of many deaths however no testing). With so few tests being performed some deaths are not being reported.

Country.......# Cases .....# deaths
Benin .................650 ..........11
Botswana .............89 ............1
Burkina Faso .......903 ..........53
Cameroon ........11892 ........303
Congo ...............1087 ..........37
DR Congo ..........5924 ........135
Ethiopia .............4663 .........75
Kenya ...............4797 ........125
Mozambique ........737 ...........5
Namibia ...............63 ............0
South Africa ...101590 ......1991
Tanzania .............509 ..........21
Uganda ..............774 ............0
Zambia .............1430 ..........11
Zimbabwe ..........512 ............6

quote:

Originally posted by Bwana338:
Reporting from John Hopkins University..

Tanzania has not tested in May or June, testing was stopped after fruit and goats tested positive, using china faulty test kits.

Other countries are testing limited days and have set age requirements on who to test. So who knows what is going on.

Reporting is sketchy and very limited by country and # of deaths are not accurate (reports of many deaths however no testing). With so few tests being performed some deaths are not being reported.

Country.......# Cases .....# deaths
Benin ................1017 ..........14
Botswana .............92 ............1
Burkina Faso .......934 ..........53
Cameroon ........12592 ........313
Congo ...............1087 ..........37
DR Congo ..........6411 ........142
Ethiopia .............5175 .........81
Kenya ...............5384 ........132
Mozambique ........788 ...........5
Namibia ..............102 ............0
South Africa ...111796 ......2292
Tanzania .............509 ..........21
Uganda ..............821 ............0
Zambia .............1497 ..........18
Zimbabwe ..........530 ............6

South Africa COVID-19 cases are moving right along.

quote:

Originally posted by Bwana338:
...
South Africa COVID-19 cases are moving right along.

Question is whether they are really that much more infected than anyone else in Africa, or whether others are just not testing or reporting?

Tanks .. very limited testing is on going, even South Africa is limiting who they are testing. So bottom line, Africa is more exposed than anyone knows.

September is the peak month for Africa from what I have been reading, I did read where China was sending medical help to Africa, however I am not sure what countries are receiving assistance. The USA is also providing medical assistance to Africa and again I am not sure who is receiving assistance.

quote:

Originally posted by Bwana338:
Reporting from John Hopkins University..

Tanzania has not tested in May or June, testing was stopped after fruit and goats tested positive, using china faulty test kits.

Other countries are testing limited days and have set age requirements on who to test. So who knows what is going on.

Reporting is sketchy and very limited by country and # of deaths are not accurate (reports of many deaths however no testing). With so few tests being performed some deaths are not being reported.

Country.......# Cases .....# deaths
Benin ................1053 ..........14
Botswana .............92 ............1
Burkina Faso .......941 ..........53
Cameroon ........12592 ........313
Congo ...............1087 ..........37
DR Congo ..........6552 ........149
Ethiopia .............5425 .........89
Kenya ...............5533 ........137
Mozambique ........816 ...........5
Namibia ..............121 ............0
South Africa ...124590 ......2340
Tanzania .............509 ..........21
Uganda ..............833 ............0
Zambia .............1531 ..........21
Zimbabwe ..........561 ............6

South Africa is growing, the country is not positive on what direction to go.

quote:

Originally posted by Bwana338:
Reporting from John Hopkins University..

Tanzania has not tested in May or June, testing was stopped after fruit and goats tested positive, using china faulty test kits.

Other countries are testing limited days and have set age requirements on who to test. So who knows what is going on.

Reporting is sketchy and very limited by country and # of deaths are not accurate (reports of many deaths however no testing). With so few tests being performed some deaths are not being reported.

Country.......# Cases .....# deaths
Benin ................1124 ..........14
Botswana .............92 ............1
Burkina Faso .......941 ..........53
Cameroon ........12592 ........313
Congo ...............1087 ..........37
DR Congo ..........6690 ........153
Ethiopia .............5570 .........94
Kenya ...............5811 ........141
Mozambique ........816 ...........5
Namibia ..............136 ............0
South Africa ...131800 ......2413
Tanzania .............509 ..........21
Uganda ..............848 ............0
Zambia .............1531 ..........21
Zimbabwe ..........567 ............6

That did not take long for South Africa to hit 131,800 cases.

quote:

Originally posted by Bwana338:
Reporting from John Hopkins University..

Tanzania has not tested in May or June, testing was stopped after fruit and goats tested positive, using china faulty test kits.

Other countries are testing limited days and have set age requirements on who to test. So who knows what is going on.

Reporting is sketchy and very limited by country and # of deaths are not accurate (reports of many deaths however no testing). With so few tests being performed some deaths are not being reported.

Country.......# Cases .....# deaths
Benin ................1187 ..........19
Botswana ............175 ............1
Burkina Faso .......959 ..........53
Cameroon ........12592 ........313
Congo ...............1087 ..........37
DR Congo ..........6939 ........167
Ethiopia .............5846 ........103
Kenya ...............6190 ........144
Mozambique ........883 ...........6
Namibia ..............196 ............0
South Africa ...144264 ......2529
Tanzania .............509 ..........21
Uganda ..............870 ............0
Zambia .............1568 ..........22
Zimbabwe ..........567 ............6

Did not take long to hit 144,264 cases in South Africa.

Wonder what the real number is?

quote:

Originally posted by larryshores:
Wonder what the real number is?

There is no way in hell anyone could tell the real numbers without testing everyone.

Come to think of it, the rest of the world is also in total ignorance.

I don't believe for one minute that one country can have a death rate of 0.5% of those infected, and another has almost 20%.

I think we are being taken for a ride!

quote:

Originally posted by Saeed:

quote:

Originally posted by larryshores:
Wonder what the real number is?

There is no way in hell anyone could tell the real numbers without testing everyone.

Come to think of it, the rest of the world is also in total ignorance.

I don't believe for one minute that one country can have a death rate of 0.5% of those infected, and another has almost 20%.

I think we are being taken for a ride!

From what I have read, there are 9 cases undetected where there are no symptoms are very mild to 1 case where individuals feel that they need to be tested and need medical help.

There is a new Swine flu that has been found in china that has now moved from pigs to the workers in their pig lots. The workers in these pig lots have tested 10% positive in the workers now and this is being monitored, however the report indicated that this may be like the 2009 out break or worse. The limited testing indicates that this could cause problems if it were to escape from china.

That's from a study from 2011 to 2018. There will be new pandemics, but this study is just piggybagging on the current scare wave.

Actual study can be found here: LINK

quote:

Originally posted by Bwana338:
Reporting from John Hopkins University..

Tanzania has not tested in May or June, testing was stopped after fruit and goats tested positive, using china faulty test kits.

Other countries are testing limited days and have set age requirements on who to test. So who knows what is going on.

Reporting is sketchy and very limited by country and # of deaths are not accurate (reports of many deaths however no testing). With so few tests being performed some deaths are not being reported.

Country.......# Cases .....# deaths
Benin ................1199 ..........21
Botswana ............227 ............1
Burkina Faso .......962 ..........53
Cameroon ........12592 ........313
Congo ...............1087 ..........37
DR Congo ..........7039 ........170
Ethiopia .............5846 ........103
Kenya ...............6366 ........148
Mozambique ........883 ...........6
Namibia ..............205 ............0
South Africa ...151209 ......2657
Tanzania .............509 ..........21
Uganda ..............889 ............0
Zambia .............1594 ..........24
Zimbabwe ..........591 ............7

South Africa Reached 151,209 cases 6-30-2020..

I bet if they where testing as large a percentage of the population as we it would be much higher.

quote:

Originally posted by JTEX:
I bet if they where testing as large a percentage of the population as we it would be much higher.

Guaranteed

quote:

Originally posted by Bwana338:
Reporting from John Hopkins University..

Tanzania has not tested since May, testing was stopped after fruit and goats tested positive, using china faulty test kits.

Other countries are testing limited days and have set age requirements on who to test. So who knows what is going on.

Reporting is sketchy and very limited by country and # of deaths are not accurate (reports of many deaths however no testing). With so few tests being performed some deaths are not being reported.

Country.......# Cases .....# deaths
Benin ................1199 ..........21
Botswana ............227 ............1
Burkina Faso .......967 ..........53
Cameroon ........12592 ........313
Congo ...............1382 ..........41
DR Congo ..........7189 ........176
Ethiopia .............5846 ........103
Kenya ...............6941 ........152
Mozambique ........903 ...........6
Namibia ..............293 ............0
South Africa ...168061 ......2844
Tanzania .............509 ..........21
Uganda ..............902 ............0
Zambia .............1632 ..........30
Zimbabwe ..........617 ............7

South Africa currently reporting at 168061 cases on 7-2-2020

total deaths: 2749

most death:
60-69 .... 717
50-59 .... 652
40-49 .... 339
80-90 .... 246

male 1444
female 1301
July 1st data

quote:

Originally posted by Bwana338:
Reporting from John Hopkins University..

Tanzania has not tested since May, testing was stopped after fruit and goats tested positive, using china faulty test kits.

Other countries are testing limited days and have set age requirements on who to test. So who knows what is going on.

Reporting is sketchy and very limited by country and # of deaths are not accurate (reports of many deaths however no testing). With so few tests being performed some deaths are not being reported.

Country.......# Cases .....# deaths
Benin ................1199 ..........21
Botswana ............227 ............1
Burkina Faso .......980 ..........53
Cameroon ........12592 ........313
Congo ...............1382 ..........41
DR Congo ..........7311 ........179
Ethiopia .............5846 ........103
Kenya ...............7188 ........154
Mozambique ........939 ...........6
Namibia ..............350 ............0
South Africa ...177124 ......2952
Tanzania .............509 ..........21
Uganda ..............911 ............0
Zambia .............1632 ..........30
Zimbabwe ..........617 ............7

7-3 South Africa is moving quickly now.

Interesting that Nigeria is not on the list and it has the highest population in Africa. Glad I cancelled my Sept safari in RSA.

Nigeria has 27,110 cases and 616 deaths.

I will add it to the list tomorrow.

I picked countries that I have known hunters and friends traveled too.

quote:

Originally posted by Bwana338:
Reporting from John Hopkins University..

Tanzania has not tested since May, testing was stopped after fruit and goats tested positive, using china faulty test kits.

Other countries are testing limited days and have set age requirements on who to test. So who knows what is going on.

Reporting is sketchy and very limited by country and # of deaths are not accurate (reports of many deaths however no testing). With so few tests being performed some deaths are not being reported.

Country.......# Cases .....# deaths
Benin ................1199 ..........21
Botswana ............277 ............1
Burkina Faso .......987 ..........53
Cameroon ........12592 ........313
Congo ...............1557 ..........44
DR Congo ..........7379 ........182
Ethiopia .............5846 ........103
Kenya ...............7188 ........154
Mozambique ........969 ...........7
Namibia ..............375 ............0
Nigeria.............28167 .......634
South Africa ...187977 ......3026
Tanzania .............509 ..........21
Uganda ..............927 ............0
Zambia .............1632 ..........30
Zimbabwe ..........698 ............8

moving quickly 7-4 South Africa is at 187,977 cases

quote:

Originally posted by Bwana338:
Reporting from John Hopkins University..

Tanzania has not tested since May, testing was stopped after fruit and goats tested positive, using china faulty test kits.

Other countries are testing limited days and have set age requirements on who to test. So who knows what is going on.

Reporting is sketchy and very limited by country and # of deaths are not accurate (reports of many deaths however no testing). With so few tests being performed some deaths are not being reported.

Country.........# Cases .....# deaths
Benin ................1199 .........21
Botswana ............277 ...........1
Burkina Faso .......987 ..........53
Cameroon ........12592 .......313
Congo ...............1557 .........44
DR Congo ..........7379 ........182
Ethiopia .............5846 .......103
Kenya ...............7886 ........160
Mozambique ........969 ...........7
Namibia ..............412 ...........0
Nigeria.............28167 ........634
South Africa ...196750 ......3199
Tanzania .............509 ..........21
Uganda ..............939 ............0
Zambia .............1632 ..........30
Zimbabwe ..........698 ............8

7-5. South Africa cases have been increasing daily. They are still trying to reduce the back log of samples on hand.

quote:

Originally posted by Bwana338:
Reporting from John Hopkins University..

Tanzania has not tested since May, testing was stopped after fruit and goats tested positive, using china faulty test kits.

Other countries are testing limited days and have set age requirements on who to test. So who knows what is going on.

Reporting is sketchy and very limited by country and # of deaths are not accurate (reports of many deaths however no testing). With so few tests being performed some deaths are not being reported.

Country.........# Cases .....# deaths
Benin ................1199 .........21
Botswana ............314 ...........1
Burkina Faso ......1003 ..........53
Cameroon ........14916 .......359
Congo ...............1557 .........44
DR Congo ..........7432 ........182
Ethiopia .............5846 .......103
Kenya ...............8250 ........167
Mozambique .......1040 ...........8
Namibia ..............539 ...........0
Nigeria.............29789 ........669
South Africa ...215855 ......3502
Tanzania .............509 ..........21
Uganda ..............971 ............0
Zambia .............1895 ..........42
Zimbabwe ..........734 ............9

7-7 South Africa is moving along in cases and it is predicted that August/September will be the peak in cases.

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Originally posted by Bwana338:
Reporting from John Hopkins University..

Tanzania has not tested since May, testing was stopped after fruit and goats tested positive, using china faulty test kits.

Other countries are testing limited days and have set age requirements on who to test. So who knows what is going on.

Reporting is sketchy and very limited by country and # of deaths are not accurate (reports of many deaths however no testing). With so few tests being performed some deaths are not being reported.

Country.........# Cases .....# deaths
Benin ................1199 .........21
Botswana ............314 ...........1
Burkina Faso ......1003 .........53
Cameroon ........14916 .......359
Congo ...............1821 .........47
DR Congo ..........7432 .......182
Ethiopia .............6774 .......120
Kenya ...............8528 ........169
Mozambique .......1071 ..........8
Namibia ..............593 ...........0
Nigeria.............30249 ........684
South Africa ...224665 ......3602
Tanzania .............509 ..........21
Uganda ..............977 ............0
Zambia .............1895 ..........42
Zimbabwe ..........885 ............9

South Africa made the 224,665 mark and it is not slowing down.

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Originally posted by Bwana338:
Reporting from John Hopkins University..

Tanzania has not tested since May, testing was stopped after fruit and goats tested positive, using china faulty test kits.

Other countries are testing limited days and have set age requirements on who to test. So who knows what is going on.

Reporting is sketchy and very limited by country and # of deaths are not accurate (reports of many deaths however no testing). With so few tests being performed some deaths are not being reported.

Country.........# Cases .....# deaths
Benin ................1199 .........21
Botswana ............314 ...........1
Burkina Faso ......1005 .........53
Cameroon ........14916 .......359
Congo ...............1821 .........47
DR Congo ..........7846 .......189
Ethiopia .............6973 .......120
Kenya ...............8975 ........173
Mozambique .......1092 ..........9
Namibia ..............615 ...........0
Nigeria.............30249 ........684
South Africa ...238339 ......3720
Tanzania .............509 ..........21
Uganda ..............977 ............0
Zambia .............1895 ..........42
Zimbabwe ..........885 ............9

7-9. South Africa has 238,339 cases now and covid-19 cases are on the rise in the large cities.

Africa's confirmed coronavirus cases now above a half-million as South Africa becomes a global hot spot.

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Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Africa has seen lower numbers of cases and death compared with other continents, on a “per million” basis.

But the numbers have been on a steady rise and in recent weeks there’s been a spike as the continent crosses the 500,000-mark. It took about 100 days for cases to reach 100,000 in the continent, about 20 days each to reach 200,000 and doubled 400,000, and only a week to reach 500,000 cases.

As of July 8, there were 524,000 cases, 12,229 deaths and 225,000 recoveries from Covid-19 on the continent, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control.

Reuters analysis on July 7 showed just over 4,200 tests per 1 million across Africa, compared to averages of 7,650 in Asia and 74,255 in Europe. But South Africa also dominates testing on the continent with nearly 2 million tests. South Africa has the most cases with over 225,000 cases and 3,600 deaths. In western Africa, Ghana has had more than 300,000 tests, 23,000 cases and 129 deaths.

This rising number of cases is not deterring African countries from opening up their economies. With limited resources to buffer the cost of an extended locked down and a declining economy, African governments are faced with a pressing need to restore economic activities while at the same time reducing the spread of the virus.

Findings of Surgo Foundation from a new Africa COVID-19 Community Vulnerability Index (CCVI) posit that Africa’s relatively young population has been the best explanation for the low fatality rate in the continent with projected infection fatality rate (IFR) based on age and gender distribution relatively low in most regions of the continent—between 0.10% and 0.15% compared with 0.66% in the US which has an older population.

Many African countries, particularly in Sub Saharan Africa, have a median age of around 18. The index shows that North African countries and South Africa with a higher median age are more vulnerable when it comes to this factor but that is somewhat offset by positive factors such as better healthcare facilities.

However, the scenarios in many countries and regions across the continent show varying factors such as socio-economic and health impacts of the outbreak. Southern Africa shows more vulnerability due to epidemiological risk factors than western Africa but fragility factors can be found in rich countries and regions as well as poor countries and regions. Wealthier countries such as South Africa and regions such as Lagos, Cape Town or Nairobi with a vulnerable older and denser population are more likely to need hospitalization if the infection spreads. However, most have relatively better access to healthcare, transportation, and housing that reduces fatality and may allow for social distancing and lockdowns to be more feasible.

Contrarily lower income countries such as Ethiopia or poor regions such as Nigeria’s northern regions of Zamfara and Yobe, with poor access to healthcare, find it difficult to practice social distancing being more vulnerable to household crowding and transportation difficulties or stay at home during lockdown without financial assistance.

Across countries, the new index showed Ethiopia as the most vulnerable in Africa despite having fewer deaths per capita among big African populations in Nigeria, South Africa or Kenya. This is due to vulnerability factors such as household crowding, transportation difficulties, poor health system, low socioeconomic status, large internally displaced populations, and food insecurity. South Africa has a high HIV prevalence, an older population, and the highest number of cases and deaths in Africa is one of the most vulnerable countries in the continent but no part of the country is among the 10 most vulnerable regions in the continent.

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Originally posted by Bwana338:
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Africa has seen lower numbers of cases and death compared with other continents, on a “per million” basis.

But the numbers have been on a steady rise and in recent weeks there’s been a spike as the continent crosses the 500,000-mark. It took about 100 days for cases to reach 100,000 in the continent, about 20 days each to reach 200,000 and doubled 400,000, and only a week to reach 500,000 cases.

As of July 8, there were 524,000 cases, 12,229 deaths and 225,000 recoveries from Covid-19 on the continent, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control.

Reuters analysis on July 7 showed just over 4,200 tests per 1 million across Africa, compared to averages of 7,650 in Asia and 74,255 in Europe. But South Africa also dominates testing on the continent with nearly 2 million tests. South Africa has the most cases with over 225,000 cases and 3,600 deaths. In western Africa, Ghana has had more than 300,000 tests, 23,000 cases and 129 deaths.

This rising number of cases is not deterring African countries from opening up their economies. With limited resources to buffer the cost of an extended locked down and a declining economy, African governments are faced with a pressing need to restore economic activities while at the same time reducing the spread of the virus.

Findings of Surgo Foundation from a new Africa COVID-19 Community Vulnerability Index (CCVI) posit that Africa’s relatively young population has been the best explanation for the low fatality rate in the continent with projected infection fatality rate (IFR) based on age and gender distribution relatively low in most regions of the continent—between 0.10% and 0.15% compared with 0.66% in the US which has an older population.

Many African countries, particularly in Sub Saharan Africa, have a median age of around 18. The index shows that North African countries and South Africa with a higher median age are more vulnerable when it comes to this factor but that is somewhat offset by positive factors such as better healthcare facilities.

However, the scenarios in many countries and regions across the continent show varying factors such as socio-economic and health impacts of the outbreak. Southern Africa shows more vulnerability due to epidemiological risk factors than western Africa but fragility factors can be found in rich countries and regions as well as poor countries and regions. Wealthier countries such as South Africa and regions such as Lagos, Cape Town or Nairobi with a vulnerable older and denser population are more likely to need hospitalization if the infection spreads. However, most have relatively better access to healthcare, transportation, and housing that reduces fatality and may allow for social distancing and lockdowns to be more feasible.

Contrarily lower income countries such as Ethiopia or poor regions such as Nigeria’s northern regions of Zamfara and Yobe, with poor access to healthcare, find it difficult to practice social distancing being more vulnerable to household crowding and transportation difficulties or stay at home during lockdown without financial assistance.

Across countries, the new index showed Ethiopia as the most vulnerable in Africa despite having fewer deaths per capita among big African populations in Nigeria, South Africa or Kenya. This is due to vulnerability factors such as household crowding, transportation difficulties, poor health system, low socioeconomic status, large internally displaced populations, and food insecurity. South Africa has a high HIV prevalence, an older population, and the highest number of cases and deaths in Africa is one of the most vulnerable countries in the continent but no part of the country is among the 10 most vulnerable regions in the continent.

Why not concentrate on the recoveries? Over 100K recoveries for RSA.

quote:

Originally posted by KMG Hunting Safaris:

quote:

Originally posted by Bwana338:
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Africa has seen lower numbers of cases and death compared with other continents, on a “per million” basis.

But the numbers have been on a steady rise and in recent weeks there’s been a spike as the continent crosses the 500,000-mark. It took about 100 days for cases to reach 100,000 in the continent, about 20 days each to reach 200,000 and doubled 400,000, and only a week to reach 500,000 cases.

As of July 8, there were 524,000 cases, 12,229 deaths and 225,000 recoveries from Covid-19 on the continent, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control.

Reuters analysis on July 7 showed just over 4,200 tests per 1 million across Africa, compared to averages of 7,650 in Asia and 74,255 in Europe. But South Africa also dominates testing on the continent with nearly 2 million tests. South Africa has the most cases with over 225,000 cases and 3,600 deaths. In western Africa, Ghana has had more than 300,000 tests, 23,000 cases and 129 deaths.

This rising number of cases is not deterring African countries from opening up their economies. With limited resources to buffer the cost of an extended locked down and a declining economy, African governments are faced with a pressing need to restore economic activities while at the same time reducing the spread of the virus.

Findings of Surgo Foundation from a new Africa COVID-19 Community Vulnerability Index (CCVI) posit that Africa’s relatively young population has been the best explanation for the low fatality rate in the continent with projected infection fatality rate (IFR) based on age and gender distribution relatively low in most regions of the continent—between 0.10% and 0.15% compared with 0.66% in the US which has an older population.

Many African countries, particularly in Sub Saharan Africa, have a median age of around 18. The index shows that North African countries and South Africa with a higher median age are more vulnerable when it comes to this factor but that is somewhat offset by positive factors such as better healthcare facilities.

However, the scenarios in many countries and regions across the continent show varying factors such as socio-economic and health impacts of the outbreak. Southern Africa shows more vulnerability due to epidemiological risk factors than western Africa but fragility factors can be found in rich countries and regions as well as poor countries and regions. Wealthier countries such as South Africa and regions such as Lagos, Cape Town or Nairobi with a vulnerable older and denser population are more likely to need hospitalization if the infection spreads. However, most have relatively better access to healthcare, transportation, and housing that reduces fatality and may allow for social distancing and lockdowns to be more feasible.

Contrarily lower income countries such as Ethiopia or poor regions such as Nigeria’s northern regions of Zamfara and Yobe, with poor access to healthcare, find it difficult to practice social distancing being more vulnerable to household crowding and transportation difficulties or stay at home during lockdown without financial assistance.

Across countries, the new index showed Ethiopia as the most vulnerable in Africa despite having fewer deaths per capita among big African populations in Nigeria, South Africa or Kenya. This is due to vulnerability factors such as household crowding, transportation difficulties, poor health system, low socioeconomic status, large internally displaced populations, and food insecurity. South Africa has a high HIV prevalence, an older population, and the highest number of cases and deaths in Africa is one of the most vulnerable countries in the continent but no part of the country is among the 10 most vulnerable regions in the continent.

Why not concentrate on the recoveries? Over 100K recoveries for RSA.

doesn't fit the agenda...just like here in the states.....bob