Since the outbreak of new coronavirus, the WHO has supported African governments with early detection by providing COVID-19 testing kits to countries, training health workers and strengthening surveillance systems in communities. Forty-four (44) countries in the WHO African region can now test for COVIC-19.

According to Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention the confirmed cases of coronavirus were 1,228,971, deaths were 29,087 and 960,926 recoveries in Africa as at 30^th August 2020¹ The exact factors responsible for the relatively low cases, low mortality and high recoveries are not known yet