{"id":23236,"date":"2020-03-30T15:12:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T15:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=23236"},"modified":"2020-03-30T15:12:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T15:12:38","slug":"south-africa-ahead-of-algeria-nigeria-with-most-covid-19-cases-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/south-africa-ahead-of-algeria-nigeria-with-most-covid-19-cases-in-africa","title":{"rendered":"South Africa ahead of Algeria, Nigeria with most COVID-19 cases in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has disclosed that South Africa has more confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) than any other country in the continent.<\/p>\n<p>According to the WHO, South Africa is the most affected by the coronavirus virus in Africa, with 1,280 cases, one death, and 31 recoveries as of Monday, March 30.<\/p>\n<p>The health agency also said this in a tweet on its regional official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c#COVID19 #Africa update,\u201d WHO tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c#SouthAfrica remains the country most affected by the virus on the continent with 1,280 cases, one death &amp; 31 recoveries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST recalls that WHO had earlier over the weekend given an update on the coronavirus outbreak in Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has disclosed that South Africa has more confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) than any other country in the continent. 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