Over two thirds of Africans infected by COVID-19 since pandemic began: WHO

A study finds that by September 2021, 800 million Africans had been exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19, compared with 8.2 million cases reported at that time

More than two thirds of Africans have been infected by COVID-19 since the pandemic started, 97 times more than reported confirmed cases, according to a World Health Organization study published on Thursday.

The study consisted of synthesising 151 previous studies on seroprevalence in Africa, the proportion of individuals with SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in their blood serum. With routine diagnostic testing in Africa focused on travellers and people who come to hospitals with symptoms, seroprevalence studies provide data on asymptomatic cases that otherwise go undetected.

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