The African continent hit 2 million COVID19 positive cases on Thursday over which the African countries are on high alert for a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Africa reported its first 1 million confirmed cases on August 7 after it registered the first infection on February 14 in Egypt. 

According to reports by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Thursday, the continent's overall caseload and death toll stood 2,013,388 and 48,408, repectively. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the testing level in Africa was still very low compared to other regions. "Most African countries are focused on testing travellers, patients or contacts, and we estimate that a significant number of cases are missed," says WHO's regional director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti in late October. 
The most COVID-19 affected African countries include South Africa, Morocco, Egypt and Ethiopia. One of the worst-hit country is Morocco, which reported 6,195 cases on November 12, the highest daily spike since the onset of the pandemic in the country on March 2. 

John Nkengasong, director of the Africa CDC, said that Africa has recorded an 8% rise in new coronavirus cases in the past month. "We cannot relent on our efforts to bend the curve. The virus tends to give you a sign that you are winning and it comes back more severely. We are strongly advocating for the control measures including the wearing of masks which we appeal to countries to subsidize masks," he said.

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