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South Africa is one of the hardest-hit countries in Africa with over 740,000 infections.
The country recorded 60 more virus-related deaths on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 20,011.
South Africa recorded 6 215 new infections on Friday, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 124 590.
The department of health also reported 48 new Covid-19 related deaths, which now brings the death toll to 2 340.
The number of recoveries stands at 64 111, which translates to a recovery rate of 51,5%, the department said.
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\tPORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Jul 13, CMC –The death toll from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic rose to 139 after Haiti recorded four more deaths over the past 24 hours.\tThe Ministry of Public Health said the French-speaking Caribbean Community (...
Over 2,900 new COVID-19 cases and 25 more deaths were reported in Maryland on Saturday, according to the State Department of Health.
[Nyasa Times] Economic Association Of Malawi president Lauryn Nyasulu has said there is need for restructuring Malawi Development Enterprise Fund (MEDEF) to alleviate adverse effects of political interference on the loans to the youth who owns micro businesses with cash flow problems.
[RFI] Hundreds of mourners have flocked to Ethiopia's Ambo town for the funeral of the Oromo protest singer Hachalu Hundessa. His killing this week sparked deadly protests and has reignited ethnic and religious tensions that risk threatening the democratic transition of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
South Africa's caseload now stands at 563 598 confirmed cases, along with 10 621 deaths and 417 200 recoveries.
Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize announced there had been 13 172 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours to take South Africa's confirmed infections to a total of 324 221.
South Africa on Saturday reported more than 10,000 new coronavirus infections, the highest daily jump on record for the country as it hurtles towards an anticipated spike.
Daily tallies released by the health ministry showed 10,853 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, taking the cumulative tally since March when the virus first arrived in the country to 187,977.
The death toll stands at 3,026 after 74 new fatalities were recorded.
Health authorities have been expecting a surge in cases after the gradual loosening of a strict lockdown that was imposed on March 27.
With the nation’s economy projected to shrink more than seven percent in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic — the worst slump in 90 years — the government is battling to strike a balance between saving lives and the economy.
“What we have been seeking to do is to balance… saving lives of our people and also preserving liveloods, and it’s a delicate balance,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday.
Africa’s most economically developed country now has the highest number of coronavirus cases on the continent.
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They are among the people who have been killed as protests roiled American cities in the week since 46-year-old George Floyd died when a white officer jammed his knee into the back of the black man’s neck.
The death toll and circumstances surrounding the killings are still being sorted out in many cities, but here is what we know about the cases so far:
LOUISVILLE
As local police and the National Guard sought to disperse a crowd early Monday, they heard gunshots and returned fire, killing the owner of a barbecue restaurant, David McAtee.
Underwood, who was black, and the other officer were contracted security officers and employed by the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Protective Service; they were monitoring a nearby protest.
Underwood was the brother of Angela Underwood Jacobs, recently a Republican candidate to fill a vacant U.S. congressional district north of Los people were killed over the weekend amid unrest in Indianapolis, including 38-year-old Chris Beaty, a former offensive lineman for Indiana University.
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MINNEAPOLIS
In what is believed to be the first killing since the protests broke out, a 43-year-old black man was fatally shot outside a pawn shop as rioting broke out last week in Minneapolis and then spread nationally.
Former champions IPRC-South women's team have said that they will be looking to maintain their unbeaten run when the 2019/2020 BK Basketball National League resumes in September.
Despite most activities in the country gradually opening up following the ease of lockdown last month, the Ministry of Sports has announced that competitive sports will not restart until September and team training can only start a month earlier.
Speaking to Times Sport on Tuesday, IPRC-South coach Jean Claude Muhirwa said: \"The goal is to win the championship again, but it would even be better if we win it unbeaten.\"
I have been monitoring their progress since the lockdown was announced and everyone is at a good level of fitness.
IPRC-South were champions of the 2017-18 league season.
Lafarge Africa Plc has assured shareholders of improved performance and higher returns on their investments having significantly strengthened its balance sheet.
Balogun said , \"having overseen the progress in our transformation plan, the clean-up of our balance sheet, its return to robust profitability, streamlining of our operations, the renewal of our Board and the smooth chief executive officer (CEO) and chief financing officer (CFO) succession plan, it is with a deep sense of gratitude to God, that I feel fulfilled, in retiring as chairman, knowing that the board and our company is in a very good shape.\"
While thanking the shareholders for their support over the years, Balogun said the N1 dividend pay-out was a worthy return on their investments.
On his part, CEO of Lafarge Africa, Khaled El Dokani, commended the shareholders for their continued confidence in the company.
Sunny Nwosu of Independent Shareholders Association of Nigeria hailed Balogun for putting the company on the path to profitability as well as the fulfilment of the pledge to pay dividend to all shareholders.
EAC transport ministers meet today to resolve border cargo delays
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 0:01
By ANNIE NJANJA
Truck drivers and their assistants wait for Covid-19 tests at Namanga border post on May 12.
PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE
East Africa Community (EAC) transport ministers are set to meet Tuesday to try to resolve cargo delays and other challenges being experienced by truck drivers at border points.
The ministers are later in the day expected to issue a joint statement on Covid-19 testing protocols to be adopted by all member states amid tensions caused by truck drivers protesting disputed results, a lengthy wait for results or harassment.
“What we are doing is ensuring that mechanisms that protect citizens of the EAC are put in place and movement of cargo still continues,” Mercy Mwangangi, Chief Administrative Secretary at Kenya's Ministry of Health, said yesterday.
Their Tanzanian counterparts have also decried delayed cargo movement into Kenya owing to Covid-19 testing.
Confirmed cases = 405,171
\t\tActive cases = 201,864
\t\tRecoveries = 193,149
\t\tNumber of deaths = 10,158
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\tAfrica’s figures continue to be very low compared to other continents.
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June 22: Cases pass 300,000 mark
\tAfrica’s case load passed the 300,000 mark late Sunday according to statistics by the John Hopkins University tracker.
Africa breached the 200,000 mark on June 10 according to the AU’s Africa Centers for Disease Control, which at the time reported that there were 203,899 cases along with 5,530 deaths and 91,398 recoveries.
The five most impacted nations were as follows:
\t\tSouth Africa: 19,137 confirmed cases
\t\tEgypt: 15,003
\t\tAlgeria: 7,728
\t\tMorocco: 7,300
\t\tNigeria: 7,016
\tSouth Africa is the most impact across the continent and in the southern African region.
Additional files on UNECA report from AP
April 17: Africa’s coronavirus deaths pass 1,000 mark as cases approach 20,000
\tAfrica’s coronavirus deaths have surpassed the 1,000 mark according to tallies by the john Hopkins University.
Before the coronavirus reached Tanzania, things were arguably going according to plan for President John Magufuli.
COVID-19 arrives
After Tanzania confirmed its first case in mid-March, Magufuli went silent for about two weeks.
On 13 May, Zambia closed the Tunduma-Nakonde border with Tanzania after the Zambian district of Nakonde recorded 76 new COVID-19 cases in one day; it has since re-opened with added restrictions.
On 16 May, Kenya shut its borders with Tanzania, after many of its new recorded cases were of truck drivers from across the border.
If Zanzibar feels it has to follow Tanzania's neighbours in imposing tighter border controls from the mainland, this could provide another source of pressure on Magufuli's current approach.
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The bloody firefights of May 24-26, 2010, triggered the collapse of the Coke dynasty that held Tivoli Gardens in its grip for more than two decades.
Sharpe did not lose a relative, as other residents did, but claims to have witnessed police brutality during the three-day operation, with her own son, she said, a victim.
The David Simmons-chaired commission of enquiry found that there was strong evidence to suggest that members of the security forces engaged in extrajudicial killings in the west Kingston operation, but no one has been criminally charged for the bloody blitz.
The bloody clashes climaxed when Coke loyalists barricaded Tivoli to block his arrest on an extradition warrant.
Sharpe had the chance to evacuate Tivoli before the offensive by the military and police but said that she was told that she would have to abandon her sons.
HAVANA, Cuba (AP) - A strengthening Tropical Storm Eta sliced across Cuba yesterday and was aimed at the southern tip of Florida, where officials braced for a storm that could hit at hurricane force after leaving scores of dead and over 100 missing in Mexico and Central America.
Africa’s COVID-19 statistics passed the 200,000 mark as of Wednesday June 10.
The most affected countries are South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Algeria, Ghana, Sudan, Morocco and Cameroon.
Egypt tops the list on death toll with over 1,300 with South Africa recording a total of 1200 deaths.
The countries with the highest number of cases are South Africa with 52,991, Egypt with 36,829, Nigeria with 13,464, Algeria with 10,382 and Ghana with 10,201.
It has so far killed more than 411,000 people worldwide, with total infections exceeding 7.23 million, while over 3.37 million people have recovered from the disease, according to figures compiled by US-based Johns Hopkins University.
Africa's confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed the 250,000-mark to reach 251,866 with 6,769 deaths as of Tuesday afternoon, maintaining a mortality rate far below the global average, beating forecasts from experts.
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in its latest update on Tuesday said that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across Africa rose from 242,105 on Monday afternoon to 251,866 as of Tuesday afternoon, while disclosing that the death toll from the pandemic also rose from 6,464 on Monday to 6,769 as of Tuesday.
Amid the rising COVID-19 caseload across the continent, some 43 African countries are under full border closure due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus, according to the Africa CDC.
Africa's more youthful population with a median age of below 20 years, when compared with Europe and the United States (median age above 38 years), may have contributed to the low numbers of severe COVID-19 cases and deaths, media reports quoted a paper authored by experts in Kenya and Britain as saying.
China's support also plays a key role for Africa to deal with the pandemic, given China and African countries have offered assistance to each other and joined hands in fighting COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic.
Fatalities from COVID-19 have not increased in the past 24 hours, as the Ministry of Health and Wellness recorded no deaths directly linked to the infectious disease.\tThis means the death toll from the disease remains at 358. \tOne new death is...
As of Sunday 9 August, South Africa has 559 858 confirmed COVID-19 cases.
This was after its counterpart, the Bono East Region, recorded its first case this week, according to the Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service, Dr Badu Sarkodie.
At yesterday's COVID-19 briefing in Accra, he said details would be made public in the ensuing days because information about the new case was received moments before the briefing.
He said the national tally went up after 186 new cases were recorded in 31 districts in four regions; Greater Accra had 140, Central-23, Ashanti -14 and Eastern, nine.
Greater Accra, he said, continues to have the highest number of cases of 5,148 Ashanti - 1,099; Central- 360, Western Region - 344, Eastern- 117, Western North Region - 62 and Volta-59.
According to the director of public health, the Northern Region had recorded 36 cases, Oti - 26, Upper East Region-26, Upper West- 22North East- 2; Savannah- and Bono one each.
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“We now have really clear evidence that wearing masks works — it’s probably a 50% protection against transmission,” Dr. Chris Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, or IHME, at the University of Washington, told CNN late Tuesday.
President Donald Trump has foregone face coverings in public while his presumptive rival Joe Biden has worn one, staking their ground in the partisan debate over whether masks are a paranoid restriction or a necessary precaution.
Illinois appears to be entering a “downward trend,” with the week ending May 16 being the first with a lower number of coronavirus deaths than the week before, Illinois Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said at a news conference.
New York, the hardest-hit state for the virus, reported Monday that 73 residents died in a single day, the lowest daily death toll since the start of the pandemic in the US, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
The state has reported 99,810 cases and 3,826 deaths, but hospitalizations have been declining slightly over the past two weeks, and the number of those in ICU beds remains stable, the governor said.
TNM Super League defending champions Nyasa Big Bullets expatriate head coach Callisto Pasuwa says he is very impressed with how his players are responding to the training fitness programmes which they have been following since government through Football Association of Malawi (FAM) suspended the gathering of more than 100 people due to coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
During the function NBB Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Escort Chinula denied reports that the team is trying hard to block the transfer rumour of their wonder boy winger Peter Banda to go and play for South African National First Division (NFD) side TN Sporting which has shown interest to sign the player.
\"That issue is being handled by our management and disciplinary action will be taken on the player.
All our players had to know that they signed contracts with the team and if the player sign a contract he is under the team's mandate and he has to follow the rules and regulations so players can not do what he wants,\" explained Chinula.
On the issue of players denying a 50% pay cut during the coronavirus period Chinula said, \"At first the issue was being handled as an in-house issue but unfortunately it went on social media before it was finalised.
