Thu 21 May 2020:
The number of those infected with coronavirus in Africa has reached 95,201, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has reported.
According to the latest data, the death toll in the continent tallied at 2,997 while 38,075 people have recovered.
South Africa recorded 18,000 coronavirus cases, the highest number in the continent.
South Africa scientists say up to 50,000 deaths possible
South Africa could see up to 50,000 coronavirus deaths and as many as three million infections by the end of the year as the southern hemisphere winter leads to a higher rate of infection, scientific models have showed.
The country already has the highest number of infections and deaths on the continent, with more than 18,000 identified cases and 339 deaths, but a national lockdown entering its sixth week had slowed infections.
However, scientists and statisticians hired by the health ministry to model the spread of the disease said the country could see between 35,000 and 50,000 coronavirus deaths by November.
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