[雙語新聞] 非洲新冠病毒感染迅速逼近百萬大關

Africa's COVID-19 infections fast approaching the one million mark

非洲新冠病毒感染迅速逼近百萬大關

03-Aug-2020

2020年8月3日

The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa is fast approaching the one million mark as countries report a steady spike in new cases.

在非洲，新冠病毒感染的數量正迅速接近100萬大關，因為各國報告新病例穩步上升。

As of Sunday evening, the continent had reported 929,696 cases, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

據非洲疾病控制和預防中心稱，截至周日晚，非洲大陸已報告929696例病例。

Having initially seen a slow rise in infections, Africa has witnessed a steady increase in COVID-19 cases, even as health authorities fear its peak remains ahead.

在最初的感染率緩慢上升后，非洲的新冠病毒病例穩步增加，盡管衛生當局擔心其高峰仍在前方。

The Africa CDC also reports that the continent has registered 19,693 COVID-19-related deaths.

非洲疾病預防控制中心還報告說，非洲大陸已經登記了19693例與新冠病毒相關的死亡病例。

On the brighter side however, 581,582 patients have successfully recovered from the disease in Africa.

然而，樂觀的一面是，在非洲，581582名患者已經成功地從這種疾病中恢復過來。

South Africa remains the worst affected country by the pandemic in Africa, having reported 503,290 infections and 8,153 deaths.

南非仍然是非洲受這一流行病影響最嚴重的國家，報告了503290例感染和8153例死亡。

The figures mean the country has reported 54.1 percent of the continent’s cases and 41.4 percent of its deaths.

這些數字意味著該國報告了非洲大陸54.1%的病例和41.4%的死亡病例。

Egypt is the second-worst affected African country by the pandemic, having recorded 94,316 cases and 4,834 deaths.

埃及是受該流行病影響第二嚴重的非洲國家，有94316例病例和4834例死亡。

Other than the two countries, only five other countries have reported more than 20,000 COVID-19 infections.

除了這兩個國家，只有另外五個國家報告了超過20000例新冠病毒感染。

Regarding deaths, Algeria (1,223) is the only other African country other than South Africa and Egypt to have reported four figure fatalities.

關于死亡人數，阿爾及利亞（1223例）是除南非和埃及以外報告死亡人數為4位數的唯一一個非洲國家。