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Coronavirus live Africa: latest Covid-19 news - 3 June

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Africa Covid-19 update: 13:30 WAT on Wednesday 3 June (14:30 CEST)

According to the latest figures published by Johns Hopkins University, 6,405,532 cases have been detected worldwide, with 380,773 deaths and 2,747,909 people now recovered.

Nigeria: 10,819 cases / 314 deaths
South Africa: 35,812 cases / 755 deaths
Ghana: 8,297 cases / 38 deaths

Uganda leads the way in coronavirus testing

Uganda has reported no deaths from Covid-19 despite the number of confirmed cases but has carried out the highest number of tests in the EAC. 


South Africa

A teacher holds a thermometer to take learners' temperatures at the entrance of a school on their first day back, after a nationwide lockdown to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease in Cape Town, South Africa. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham/File Photo

Africa cases top 155,000

The latest statistics show more than 155,000 reported cases of Covid-19 in Africa, with more than 4,300 deaths. Egypt, South Africa and Algeria have been the hardest-hit countries. 

Everyone is focusing on the here and now but this report takes a look at the longer-term challenges faced by South Africa after the coronavirus pandemic.


Africa

Members of a caravan of migrants from DR Congo, Ghana and Ivory Coast block the Pan-American highway after being stopped by agents of the Honduran National Police near Choluteca, as they were heading to Tegucigalpa to make a stop on their way to Mexico, in Honduras on June 2, 2020 amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by ORLANDO SIERRA / AFP)

There are 153,325 confirmed infections and 64,793 recoveries, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

Experts warn fragile healthcare systems in many African countries could be overwhelmed in the face of a severe outbreak of COVID-19.

Gambia calls for transparent probe of U.S. police shooting of diplomat's son

Gambia's government called on Tuesday for a credible and transparent investigation into the shooting death of one of its citizens by U.S. police in the state of Georgia last Friday.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said in a statement on Friday that it had been asked by the police department in the town of Snellville to investigate an officer involved in the shooting of a driver following a car chase.

The GBI identified the driver on Tuesday as Momodou Lamin Sisay,who lived in the nearby town of Lithonia. Sisay, 39, is the son of Lare Sisay, a Gambian diplomat who also worked for the U.N. Development Programme.


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