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Eritrea is the only AU MS yet to start COVID-19 vaccination roll out. For Epi week 8 (20 – 26 February 2023), 2,311 new COVID-19 cases were reported, which is a 40% decrease in the number of new cases reported compared to the previous week (7). The Southern region accounted for 75% of the new COVID-19 cases reported this week, followed by the Northern (11%), Western (10%), Central (3%) and Eastern (1%) regions. South Africa (3) had the highest number of new daily COVID-19 cases per million population among all MS. Last week, 8 new COVID-19 deaths were reported in Africa, which is 167% increase in new deaths reported compared to the previous week. The Southern and Northern regions each accounted for 50% of the new COVID-19 deaths reported this week. No deaths were reported in the Central, Eastern and Western regions this week. More than 67 thousand tests were conducted during the past week, reflecting a 100% increase in the number of tests compared to the previous week. The weekly % test positivity has decreased from 11% to 3% compared to the previous week. Since February 2020, over 125.9 million COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Africa.

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