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COVID-19 Tracker

Africa

Global

Confirmed Cases

8,806,952

+791

Deaths

224,207

+13

Recovered

8,150,404

Active

432,341

Last updated: December 5, 2021 - 4:15 pm (+00:00)

Global

Global

Cases

265,830,886

+139,733

Deaths

5,266,654

+2,824

Recovered

239,542,583

Active

21,021,649

Last updated: December 5, 2021 - 4:15 pm (+00:00)

Source: CDC, WHO, Worldometer, Johns Hopkins CSSE

India delay South Africa cricket tour over Omicron

India’s cricket board on Saturday delayed the national side’s South Africa tour over the heavily mutated Omicron strain of Covid-19, it said in a statement. Omicron was first detected by scientists in South Africa and has led to global panic, uncertainty and fresh travel curbs in the last few days, raising questions over the prospects for the tour. The first Test of a three-match series against the Proteas has been put back from 17 December to 26 December. The tour …

Britain tightens testing for inbound travellers, adds Nigeria to red list

FILE PHOTO: A passenger stands next to a COVID-19 testing centre sign in the International arrivals area of Terminal 5 in London’s Heathrow Airport, Britain, August 2, 2021. REUTERS. Britain will require all inbound travelers to take a pre-departure COVID-19 test and arrivals from Nigeria will have to quarantine …

Sudan’s Burhan says military will exit politics after 2023 elections

Sudan’s military chief says the army will leave politics after elections that are scheduled for 2023. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan offered the assurance during one of several interviews he gave to international news agencies on Saturday. The general had led a military takeover in late October, upending Sudan’s transition to civilian-led democracy, but a deal struck on November 21 has reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to lead a technocratic Cabinet until elections in July 2023. “When a government is …

Gambia Counts Marble Votes in 1st Post-Jammeh election

Electoral workers prepare the ballot drums at a polling station in Bakau, Gambia, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. Gambians vote in a historic election that will for the first time not have former dictator Yahya Jammeh, who ruled for 22 years, on the ballot. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Election …

UPDATE:24 die when bus heading to wedding swept into river in Kenya

The bus submerged in River Enziu,Eastern Kenya.
PHOTO COURTESY/TWITTER Twenty-four people died on Saturday while 12 were rescued after a bus capsized in river Enziu, Mwingi town, Eastern Kenya The 12 include four children and eight adults. Fifteen of the dead are members of the same family who were going to attend a wedding of an …

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