ROME (Xinhua/APP): Reversing a trend of several weeks of improvement, Italy’s COVID-19 situation is getting worse again, the country’s Health Ministry said on Friday.
This week, the transmission rate in Italy increased to 0.83 from 0.75 a week earlier. This rate, also referred to as R0, shows how many cases on average an infected person will cause during their infectious period. Although the R0 rate is still below 1.0 in Italy, health officials say the recent increase is significant.
The increase has prompted media speculation that the country could be heading toward a new, albeit milder wave of infections now that most health restrictions have been relaxed.
On Friday, the ministry reported 53,127 new coronavirus cases. This figure is broadly in line with the previous days’ reports but is higher than the recent low of just over 18,000 cases logged on Feb. 28. Back in January, the authorities reported over 200,000 new cases per day.
Africa’s COVID-19 cases near 11.27 mln: Africa CDC
ADDIS ABABA: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 11,269,879 cases as of Friday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
The specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU) said the death toll across the continent stands at 250,179 and some 10,545,394 patients have recovered from the disease so far. South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya are among the countries with the most cases on the continent, said the Africa CDC.
South Africa has recorded the most COVID-19 cases in Africa with 3,690,291 cases, followed by the northern African country Morocco with 1,161,925 cases as of Friday evening, it said.
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